[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