Definitions for obfuscation
ob·fus·ca·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bewilderment, obfuscation, puzzlement, befuddlement, mystification, bafflement, bemusementnoun

   confusion resulting from failure to understand

2. mystification, obfuscationnoun

   the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered

3. obfuscationnoun

   darkening or obscuring the sight of something

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. obfuscationnoun

   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.

2. obfuscationnoun

   Confusion, bewilderment, or a baffled state resulting from something obfuscated, or made more opaque and muddled with the intent to obscure information.

3. obfuscationnoun

   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.

4. obfuscationnoun

   The option to alter computer code, preserving its behavior but concealing its structure and intent.

   You need to turn on obfuscation for these classes.

5. Etymology: From obfuscationem (15th century), from obfuscare, from ob + fuscare, from fuscus

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1. Obfuscation

   Obfuscation is the obscuring of the intended meaning of communication by making the message difficult to understand, usually with confusing and ambiguous language. The obfuscation might be either unintentional or intentional (although intent usually is connoted), and is accomplished with circumlocution (talking around the subject), the use of jargon (technical language of a profession), and the use of an argot (ingroup language) of limited communicative value to outsiders.In expository writing, unintentional obfuscation usually occurs in draft documents, at the beginning of composition; such obfuscation is illuminated with critical thinking and editorial revision, either by the writer or by an editor. Etymologically, the word obfuscation derives from the Latin obfuscatio, from obfuscāre (to darken); synonyms include the words beclouding and abstrusity.

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1. obfuscation

   Obfuscation is the deliberate act of making something unclear, confusing, or unintelligible in order to conceal, mislead, or complicate understanding. It can be used in various contexts such as communication, programming, politics, and data protection, often with the intent of preventing full understanding or discovery of information.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Obfuscationnoun

   the act of darkening or bewildering; the state of being darkened

2. Etymology: [L. obfuscatio.]

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1. Obfuscation

   Obfuscation is the hiding of intended meaning in communication, making communication confusing, wilfully ambiguous, and harder to interpret.

Matched Categories

1. • Activity
   • Blackening
   • Confusion

How to pronounce obfuscation?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of obfuscation in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of obfuscation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of obfuscation in a Sentence

1. Ray Zaccaro:

   Before Senator Merkley demanded to see these facilities, they were shrouded in secrecy and Americans had no idea the extent to which the Administration's zero tolerance policy led to the incarceration of children and separation from their families, given their track record of obfuscation, it's not surprising to learn HHS has found public disclosure inconvenient.

2. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy:

   And that evening, the New York Times reporters produced audio of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy saying exactly what New York Times reporters had quoted House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy as saying about pushing President Trump to resign. So, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is dead to rights here. There's no both sides of this debate. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said the New York Times report was totally wrong. They had audio of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy saying that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told members of Republican leadership that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy would tell President Trump to resign.To the extent that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has a strategy for how to deal with this mess, it appears to be one of obfuscation.He mentions the timing of the request for comment as last minute. But why does when the question is asked impact how you answer it?New audio reveals House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said President Trump admitted bearing some responsibility for Capitol attackHe says House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy misunderstood the question to be whether House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy had ever asked President Trump to resign. But, that was clearly NOT the question. Alex Burns and Jonathan Martin reported that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy had talked to Republicans about telling Trump House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy should resign. ( Here's exactly what New York Times wrote :.

3. Mark Heywood:

   It was a lost decade. We blew the years 2000 to 2008 with political obfuscation.

4. James Scott:

   In an age of dynamic malware obfuscation through operations such as mutating hash, a hyper-evolving threat landscape, and technologically next generation adversaries, offensive campaigns have an overwhelming advantage over defensive strategies.

5. Christoph Mueller:

   My experience is it's very difficult to create a winning team from existing management, there's nowhere more obfuscation than in the boardroom at the beginning of a turnaround.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=obfuscation
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Obfuscation
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obfuscation
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/obfuscation
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=obfuscation