Eschew obfuscation, espouse elucidation.
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Obfuscation
//ˌɒb.fəˈskeɪ.ʃən//
Synonyms for "obfuscation" (46 found)
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24 translations across 6 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- замъгляване noun (act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring the perception of something)
- объркване noun (confusion, bewilderment, or a baffled state resulting from something obfuscated)
French
2 entries- obfuscation noun (alter computer code, preserving its behavior but concealing its structure and intent)
- obscurcissement noun (act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring the perception of something)
German
4 entries- Entstellung noun (alter computer code, preserving its behavior but concealing its structure and intent)
- Verdunkelung noun (act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring the perception of something)
- Verdunkelung noun (confusion, bewilderment, or a baffled state resulting from something obfuscated)
- Vernebelung noun (act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring the perception of something)
Greek
4 entries- θόλωση noun (intentionally obscuring the meaning of something to make it more difficult to grasp)
- συσκότιση noun (act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring the perception of something)
- συσκότιση noun (confusion, bewilderment, or a baffled state resulting from something obfuscated)
- σύγχυση noun (confusion, bewilderment, or a baffled state resulting from something obfuscated)
Portuguese
3 entries- ofuscamento noun (act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring the perception of something)
- ofuscamento noun (confusion, bewilderment, or a baffled state resulting from something obfuscated)
- ofuscamento noun (intentionally obscuring the meaning of something to make it more difficult to grasp)
Turkish
4 entries- gizleme noun (act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring the perception of something)
- perde çekme noun (act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring the perception of something)
- perde çekme noun (intentionally obscuring the meaning of something to make it more difficult to grasp)
- şaşırtma noun (confusion, bewilderment, or a baffled state resulting from something obfuscated)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Even after a single glass of champagne I have found that the slight mental exaltation is accompanied by a slight obfuscation.
Source: tatoeba (11673963)
Until the 1920s, American newspapers heavily relied upon their London correspondents, the British Press and Reuters (which had a mutually beneficial, monopoly agreement with the Government of India for preferential access) for news about India. The news was hence generally from the British perspective and news obfuscation attempts on events that cast the Raj in a poor light, like details of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, usually succeeded.
Source: wiktionary
You need to turn on obfuscation for these classes.
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