obfuscate
v.
confuse; muddle; obscure
Obfuscation
For the term as used in computer science, see
Obfuscated code. Obfuscation is the concealment of meaning in
communication, making it
confusing and harder to
interpret.Obfuscation may be used for many purposes. Doctors have been accused of using
jargon to conceal unpleasant facts from a patient. American author
Michael Crichton has claimed that
medical writing is a "highly skilled, calculated attempt to confuse the reader". B.F. Skinner, noted psychologist, commented on medical notation as a form of multiple audience control which allows the doctor to communicate to the pharmacist things which might be opposed by the patient if they could understand it. Similarly
text-based language, like
gyaru-moji and some forms of
leet are obfuscated to make them incomprehensible to outsiders.
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obfuscate
Verb
1. make obscure or unclear
(antonym) clarify, clear up, elucidate
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(derivation) bewilderment, obfuscation, puzzlement, befuddlement, mystification, bafflement, bemusement
Obfuscate
(v. t.)
To darken; to obscure; to becloud; hence, to confuse; to bewilder.
(a.)
Obfuscated; darkened; obscured.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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