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Meaning of OBFUSCATION

Pronunciation:  `âbfusk'eyshun

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  darkening or obscuring the sight of something
  2. [n]  the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered
  3. [n]  confusion resulting from failure to understand
 
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 Synonyms: bafflement, befuddlement, bemusement, bewilderment, mystification, mystification, puzzlement
 
 See Also: activity, blackening, confusion, darkening, disarray, mental confusion

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ob`fus*ca"tion\, n. [L. obfuscatio.]
The act of darkening or bewildering; the state of being
darkened. ``Obfuscation of the cornea.'' --E. Darwin.
 

 

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