From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishobfuscateob‧fus‧cate /ˈɒbfəskeɪt $ ˈɑːb-/ verb [transitive] formal CLEAR/EASY TO UNDERSTANDto deliberately make something unclear or difficult to understand SYN confuse —obfuscation /ˌɒbfəˈskeɪʃən $ ˌɑːb-/ noun [uncountable]→ See Verb table
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obfuscate• Comedy obtrudes too to obfuscate matters still further.• Ideology, the ideas which rationalize a person's class interests, obfuscates scientific analysis.• This ambiguity obfuscates the distinct voices of Proust's text and de Man's and divides the responsibility for the proposition.• Politicians have once again obfuscated the issue.Origin obfuscate (1500-1600) Late Latin past participle of obfuscare, from Latin fuscus “dark brown” 