obfuscation
The act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring the perception of somethingThe act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring the perception of something; the concept of concealing the meaning of a communication by making it more confusing and harder to interpret.
» Eschew obfuscation, espouse elucidation.
Избегай запутанности, ратуй за доходчивость.
Meaning
4 senses(formal, uncountable)The act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring the perception of something; the concept of concealing the meaning of a communication by making it more confusing and harder to interpret.
Verdunkelung, Vernebelung, Verschleierung
The act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring the perception of something; the concept of concealing the meaning of a communication by making it more confusing and harder to interpret.
(formal, uncountable)The alteration of computer code to preserve its behavior while concealing its structure and intent.
You need to turn on obfuscation for these classes.
Entstellung
(formal, uncountable)Confusion, bewilderment, or a baffled state resulting from something obfuscated, or made more opaque and muddled with the intent to obscure information.
Verdunkelung, Vernebelung
(countable, formal)A single instance of intentionally obscuring the meaning of something to make it more difficult to grasp.
During the debate, the candidate sighed at his opponent's obfuscations.
Vernebelung, Verschleierung
- darkening or obscuring the sight of something
- the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered
- confusion resulting from failure to understand
Examples
2 sentencesEschew obfuscation, espouse elucidation.
ruИзбегай запутанности, ратуй за доходчивость.
Even after a single glass of champagne I have found that the slight mental exaltation is accompanied by a slight obfuscation.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English obfuscacioun, from Latin obfuscātiō, obfuscātiōnem, from obfuscāre (“tFrom Middle English obfuscacioun, from Latin obfuscātiō, obfuscātiōnem, from obfuscāre (“to darken”), from ob (“over”) + fuscāre (“to make dark”), from fuscus (“dark”).
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Forms
plural: obfuscations| Singular | obfuscation |
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Synonyms
6 synonyms- the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered:mystification
- confusion resulting from failure to understand:bewildermentpuzzlementbefuddlementmystificationbafflementbemusement
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable