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To '''obfuscate''' is to render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible. '''Obfuscation''' is the act of [[Cover up|covering up]], often seen in the attempts of [[politician]]s to avoid expressing or admitting the [[Truth (logic)|truth]] of an embarrassing or damaging [[fact]], or the [[argument]]s of [[attorney]]s to invalidate damaging [[Testimony|testimonies]] of [[witness]]es for the defense or for the prosecution. [[Circumlocution]] is sometimes an attempt at obfuscation by refusing or declining to give a direct answer to a question. In casual conversation, it is found in the avoidance of confirming or denying what is said about oneself or about others.
Examples:
"it is more likely to obfuscate people than enlighten them" <br> "the spelling changes will deform some familiar words and obfuscate their etymological origins"
Synonyms:
mislead, misdirect, obscure, confuse, make obscure/unclear, blur, muddle, jumble, complicate, garble, muddy, cloud, befog, muddy the waters, bewilder (someone), mystify, puzzle, perplex, baffle, confound, bemuse, befuddle, nonplus, flummox.
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To '''obfuscate''' is to render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible. '''Obfuscation''' is the act of [[Cover up|covering up]], often seen in the attempts of [[politician]]s to avoid expressing or admitting the [[Truth (logic)|truth]] of an embarrassing or damaging [[fact]], or the [[argument]]s of [[attorney]]s to invalidate damaging [[Testimony|testimonies]] of [[witness]]es for the defense or for the prosecution. [[Circumlocution]] is sometimes an attempt at obfuscation by refusing or declining to give a direct answer to a question. In casual conversation, it is found in the avoidance of confirming or denying what is said about oneself or about others.
Examples:
"it is more likely to obfuscate people than enlighten them" <br> "the spelling changes will deform some familiar words and obfuscate their etymological origins"
Synonyms:
mislead, misdirect, obscure, confuse, make obscure/unclear, blur, muddle, jumble, complicate, garble, muddy, cloud, befog, muddy the waters, bewilder (someone), mystify, puzzle, perplex, baffle, confound, bemuse, befuddle, nonplus, flummox.
[[category:linguistics]]
[[category:dictionary]]