Associations to the word «Mystification»

Wiktionary

MYSTIFICATION, noun. The act of mystifying or the condition of being mystified.
MYSTIFICATION, noun. A mystifying thing.

Dictionary definition

MYSTIFICATION, noun. Confusion resulting from failure to understand.
MYSTIFICATION, noun. Something designed to mystify or bewilder.
MYSTIFICATION, noun. The activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke