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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. confusion resulting from failure to understand;
[syn: bewilderment, obfuscation, puzzlement, befuddlement, mystification, bafflement, bemusement]

2. the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered;
[syn: mystification, obfuscation]

3. darkening or obscuring the sight of something;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Obfuscation \Ob`fus*ca"tion\ ([o^]b`f[u^]s*k[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [L. obfuscatio.] The act of darkening or bewildering; the state of being darkened. "Obfuscation of the cornea." --E. Darwin. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

obfuscation n 1: confusion resulting from failure to understand [syn: bewilderment, obfuscation, puzzlement, befuddlement, mystification, bafflement, bemusement] 2: the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered [syn: mystification, obfuscation] 3: darkening or obscuring the sight of something