NOUN | cognition | mystification, bewilderment, obfuscation, puzzlement, befuddlement, bafflement, bemusement | confusion resulting from failure to understand |
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artifact | mystification | something designed to mystify or bewilder / bewilder | |
act | mystification, obfuscation | the activity of obscuring / obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered |
Meaning | confusion resulting from failure to understand. | |
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Synonyms | bewilderment, obfuscation, puzzlement, befuddlement, bafflement, bemusement | |
Broader | confusion, mental confusion, confusedness, muddiness, disarray | A mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior |
Spanish | abobamiento, alelamiento, atolondramiento, atontamiento, atontolinamiento, desconcierto, ofuscación, perplejidad | |
Catalan | atabalament, embadaliment, embadocament, esbojarrament, ofuscació | |
Verbs | mystify | make mysterious |
Meaning | Something designed to mystify or bewilder / bewilder. | |
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Broader | artifact, artefact | A man-made object taken as a whole |
Verbs | mystify | make mysterious |
mystify | be a mystery or bewildering to |
Meaning | The activity of obscuring / obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered. | |
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Synonym | obfuscation | |
Broader | activity | Any specific behavior |
Verbs | mystify | make mysterious |
mystify | be a mystery or bewildering to |
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