mystification

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A mystifying thing
The act of mystifying or the condition of being mystified
the act of artfully perplexing
the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered something designed to mystify or bewilder
{i} act of causing (someone or something) to become mysterious; obscuration; puzzlement, perplexity, act of causing a person to be unable to understand
The act of mystifying, or the state of being mystied; also, something designed to, or that does, mystify
confusion resulting from failure to understand
the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered
something designed to mystify or bewilder
mystify
to thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder

Solar eclipses continued to mystify ancient humans for thousands of years.

de-mystification
removal of mystery from, clarification
mystify
make mysterious; "mystify the story"
mystify
To perplex the mind of; to puzzle; to impose upon the credulity of ; as, to mystify an opponent
mystify
be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
mystify
{f} cause to be mysterious, make obscure; perplex, puzzle, cause a person to be unable to understand
mystify
If you are mystified by something, you find it impossible to explain or understand. The audience must have been totally mystified by the plot There was something strange in her attitude which mystified me. = baffle + mystifying mys·ti·fy·ing I find your attitude a little mystifying, Moira. = puzzling. if something mystifies you, it is so strange or confusing that you cannot understand or explain it = baffle (mystifier, from mystère; MYSTERY PLAY)
mystify
To involve in mystery; to make obscure or difficult to understand; as, to mystify a passage of Scripture
mystify
make mysterious; "mystify the story
mystification
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