What does mystification mean?
Definitions for mystification
mys·ti·fi·ca·tion
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Princeton's WordNet
bewilderment, obfuscation, puzzlement, befuddlement, mystification, bafflement, bemusementnoun
confusion resulting from failure to understand
mystificationnoun
something designed to mystify or bewilder
mystification, obfuscationnoun
the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered
Wiktionary
mystificationnoun
The act of mystifying or the condition of being mystified.
mystificationnoun
A mystifying thing.
Webster Dictionary
Mystificationnoun
the act of mystifying, or the state of being mystied; also, something designed to, or that does, mystify
Etymology: [Cf. F. mystification.]
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Mystification
Mystification is the sixth album released by the band Manilla Road. It was first issued in 1987 on Black Dragon Records, then re-released in 2000 on Sentinel Steel Records. The works of Edgar Allan Poe were the main inspiration for the lyrics of this album.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of mystification in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of mystification in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of mystification in a Sentence
A poet's pleasure is to withhold a little of his meaning, to intensify by mystification. He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it.
There is nothing truer than myth: history, in its attempt to realize myth, distorts it, stops halfway; when history claims to have succeeded, this is nothing but humbug and mystification. Everything we dream is realizable. Reality does not have to be: it is simply what it is.
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