2006-09-20 02:47:12 · 0 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
TRANSITIVE VERB:
ob·fus·cat·ed , ob·fus·cat·ing , ob·fus·cates
To make so confused or opaque as to be difficult to perceive or understand: "A great effort was made . . . to obscure or obfuscate the truth" (Robert Conquest).
To render indistinct or dim; darken: The fog obfuscated the shore.
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ETYMOLOGY:
Latin obfuscre , obfusct-, to darken : ob-, over ; see ob- + fuscre, to darken (from fuscus, dark)
OTHER FORMS:
obfus·cation (Noun), ob·fusca·tory (b-fsk-tôr, -tr, b-) KEY (Adjective)
2006-09-20 02:48:51 · answer #1 · answered by claire 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What Does Obfuscation Mean
2016-10-28 06:48:49 · answer #2 · answered by brandt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Obfuscation is the making of something unclear or unintelligible. The teacher's use of uncommon words and technical jargon was clearly just obfuscation as he tried to hide the fact that he didn't really know what he was talking about.
2016-03-13 06:14:31 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I could tell you, but then I wouldn't be obfuscating.
2006-09-20 02:49:49 · answer #4 · answered by John F 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trying to hide something by disguising it or burying it within something else. Turning the attention to a different thing. Politicians do it most often, but many people do.
2006-09-20 02:50:15 · answer #5 · answered by *babydoll* 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What miraculous mysteries can be solved by Merriam-Webster's on line dictionary?
2006-09-20 03:06:46 · answer #6 · answered by Spud55 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Now that you have the definition, the example is "George Bush."
2006-09-20 02:52:51 · answer #7 · answered by jurydoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋