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A review of some terms useful in political analysis & polemics</div>
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<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 29.4px; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">ob·fus·cate</span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""> (ŏb′fə-skāt′, ŏb-fŭs′kāt′)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><i class="">tr.v.</i>
<b class="">ob·fus·cat·ed</b>, <b class="">ob·fus·cat·ing</b>, <b class="">ob·fus·cates</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; color: #404040; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><b class="">1.
</b>To make so confused or opaque as to be difficult to perceive or understand: </span>
<span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><i class="">"A great effort was made ... to obscure or obfuscate the truth"</i></span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #404040; background-color: #ffffff" class="">
</span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><i class="">(Robert Conquest).</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><b class="">2.
</b>To render indistinct or dim; darken: </span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #966a00; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><i class="">The fog obfuscated the shore.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">[Latin </span>
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<i class="">to darken</i> : </span><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Courier; -webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">ob-</span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">,
<i class="">over</i>; see <b class="">ob-</b> + </span><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Courier; -webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">fuscāre</span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">,
<i class="">to darken</i> (from </span><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Courier; -webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">fuscus</span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">,
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<span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><b class="">ob′fus·ca′tion</b><i class=""> n.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><b class="">ob·fus′ca·to′ry</b> (ŏb-fŭs′kə-tôr′ē, əb-)<i class=""> adj.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #f8f8f8" class="">the act or an instance of making something obscure, dark, or difficult to understand</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><b class="">obfuscation</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">the process of darkening or obscuring so as to hinder ready analysis.</span></div>
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<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 27.4px; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">ob·scur·ant·ism</span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""> (ŏb-skyo͝or′ən-tĭz′əm,
əb-, ŏb′skyo͝o-răn′-)</span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> </span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><i class="">n.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><b class="">1.
</b>The principles or practice of obscurants.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><b class="">2.
</b>A policy of withholding information from the public.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><b class="">3.</b></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">
</span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><b class="">a.
</b>A style in art and literature characterized by deliberate vagueness or obliqueness.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">b. </b>An example or instance of this style.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><b class="">ob·scur′ant·ist</b><i class=""> n.</i></span></div>
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əm, ˌɒb skyʊˈræn tɪz əm) </span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> </span>
<span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #f8f8f8" class=""><i class="">n.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #f8f8f8" class=""><b class="">1.
</b>opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #f8f8f8" class=""><b class="">2.
</b>deliberate obscurity or evasion of clarity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #f8f8f8" class=""><b class="">ob•scu′rant•ist,</b>
<i class="">n., adj.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><b class="">obscurantism</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">the use of argument intended to prevent enlightenment or to hinder the process of knowledge and wisdom. Also spelled
<b class="">obscuranticism</b>. — <b class="">obscurantist,</b> <i class="">n.</i> —
<b class="">obscurant, obscurantic,</b> <i class="">adj.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><i class="">tr.v.</i>
<b class="">bam·boo·zled</b>, <b class="">bam·boo·zling</b>, <b class="">bam·boo·zles</b>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><b class="">1.
</b>To deceive or dupe; hoodwink. See Synonyms at <a href="https://www.thefreedictionary.com/deceive" class="">
<span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(36, 132, 198);" class=""><b class="">deceive</b></span></a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><b class="">2.
</b>To confuse; bewilder.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><b class="">bam·boo′zle·ment</b><i class=""> n.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><b class="">bam·boo′zler</b><i class=""> n.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #f8f8f8" class=""><b class="">1.
</b>to cheat; mislead</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #f8f8f8" class=""><b class="">2.
</b>to confuse</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #f8f8f8" class="">[C18: of unknown origin]</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #f8f8f8" class=""><b class="">bamˈboozler</b>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><i class="">v.
</i><b class="">-zled, -zling.</b> <i class="">v.t.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><b class="">1.
</b>to deceive or get the better of by underhandedness; hoodwink.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><b class="">2.
</b>to perplex; mystify.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><i class="">v.i.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><b class="">3.
</b>to practice trickery, deception, or the like.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><b class="">bam•boo′zle•ment,</b>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><b class="">bam•boo′zler,</b>
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<span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none" class="">— from the online Free Dictionary by Farlex (q.v.) </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none" class="">From: <i class="">The Demon-Haunted World</i>: Science as a Candle in the Dark (1996), p. 241.</span></div>
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Frequently noted: It is usually far easier to bamboozle people than to get them to admit they have been bamboozled. (“I’m much too smart, knowledgable & sophisticated to fall for THAT!” ) </div>
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