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What (who) is obfuscate - definition

INTENTIONALLY CONFUSING WORDING TO CONFUSE PEOPLE APART FROM AN INTENDED AUDIENCE
Obfuscate; Eschew obfuscation; Obfuscated; Eschew Obfuscation; Obfustication; Clouding the issue; Clouding; Espouse elucidation; Obfuscates; Eschew obfuscation, espouse elucidation; White-box cryptography

obfuscate         
(obfuscates, obfuscating, obfuscated)
To obfuscate something means to deliberately make it seem confusing and difficult to understand. (FORMAL)
They are obfuscating the issue, as only insurance companies can...
Macdonald accepted that such information could be used to manipulate, to obfuscate, and to mislead.
? elucidate
VERB: V n, V
obfuscate         
['?bf?ske?t]
¦ verb
1. make unclear or unintelligible.
2. bewilder (someone).
Derivatives
obfuscation noun
obfuscatory adjective
Origin
ME: from late L. obfuscat-, obfuscare 'darken'.
obfuscate         
v. a.
1.
Darken, cloud, obscure.
2.
Bewilder, confuse, muddle.

Wikipedia

Obfuscation

Obfuscation is the obscuring of the intended meaning of communication by making the message difficult to understand, usually with confusing and ambiguous language. The obfuscation might be either unintentional or intentional (although intent usually is connoted), and is accomplished with circumlocution (talking around the subject), the use of jargon (technical language of a profession), and the use of an argot (ingroup language) of limited communicative value to outsiders.

In expository writing, unintentional obfuscation usually occurs in draft documents, at the beginning of composition; such obfuscation is illuminated with critical thinking and editorial revision, either by the writer or by an editor. Etymologically, the word obfuscation derives from the Latin obfuscatio, from obfuscāre (to darken); synonyms include the words beclouding and abstrusity.

Examples of use of obfuscate
1. No amount of demonizing Iran can obfuscate this reality.
2. His new "time horizon" formulation is just smoke, intended to obfuscate and stall.
3. But we must not blur the edges, obfuscate, or persuade our interviewees to collude with telling an untruth.
4. "The Iranians will try to take advantage of it to start to throw chaff and to obfuscate," Rice said.
5. Tell us your view» But he insists the O‘Driscoll incident must not obfuscate the "embarrassing" performance in Christchurch.