Opacify

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make opaque. transitive

    "At its best, psychoanalysis is the classic therapeutic technique for exploring unconscious processes. At its less-than-best, it is a jargon-opacified, oedipus-complicated, libido-theoretical, pseudo-scientific cult whose messiah is Sigmund Freud."

  2. 2
    become opaque wordnet
  3. 3
    make opaque wordnet

Synonyms

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opaquen

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"At its best, psychoanalysis is the classic therapeutic technique for exploring unconscious processes. At its less-than-best, it is a jargon-opacified, oedipus-complicated, libido-theoretical, pseudo-scientific cult whose messiah is Sigmund Freud."

Etymology

Back-formation from opacification; equivalent to opaque + -ify.

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