obfuscation

obfuscation
n
1. obscurity, blurriness, fuzziness, unclairty, unclearness, vagueness; haziness, fogginess, mistiness, murkiness; clouding, overclouding, dimming, obnubilation, shadowing, overshadowing; ob-scurement, darkening, blackening, obscuration, obumbration, adumbration.
2. perplexity, bafflement, puzzle, jumble, scramble, complication; mystification, obscurantism, Inf. mum-bo jumbo, confusion; bewilderment, muddle, daze, befuddlement.
3. screen, smokescreen, cloud, dust, pall; curtain, shadow, fog, mist, frost, smoke, film; cover, camouflage, blanket, drape.

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  • 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • obfuscation — index concealment, evasion, obscuration, opacity, pretext Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • obfuscation — (n.) early 15c., originally medical, the darkening of a sore, from L. obfuscationem (nom. obfuscatio), noun of action from pp. stem of obfuscare (see OBFUSCATE (Cf. obfuscate)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • Obfuscation — For the term as used in computer science, see Obfuscated code. Obfuscation (or beclouding) is the hiding of intended meaning in communication, making communication confusing, wilfully ambiguous, and harder to interpret.[citation needed] Contents… …   Wikipedia

  • Obfuscation — L obfuscation, assombrissement, ou obscurcissement[1] est une stratégie de protection de la vie privée qui consiste à publier en quantité des informations. De cette manière, on tente de noyer les informations existantes que l on souhaite cacher.… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • obfuscation — noun a) 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. During the debate, the candidate sighed at his… …   Wiktionary

  • obfuscation — obfuscate ► VERB ▪ make unclear or unintelligible. DERIVATIVES obfuscation noun obfuscatory adjective. ORIGIN Latin obfuscare darken …   English terms dictionary

  • Obfuscation (song) — Obfuscation Single by Between the Buried and Me Released September 29, 2009 Recorded June July 2009 …   Wikipedia

  • obfuscation — noun see obfuscate …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • obfuscation — See obfuscate. * * * …   Universalium

  • obfuscation — 1. A rendering dark or obscure. 2. A deliberate attempt to confuse or to prevent understanding. [L. ob fusco, pp. atus, to darken, fr. fuscus, dark, tawny] …   Medical dictionary

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