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In point of fact, I'm not sure there are too many comedies with laugh tracks anymore. Most of what you hear is live studio audience laughing as a show is filmed. If this prompts you to wonder who those actual human beings are who are laughing at some of this stuff, that is a mystification I share.
Christopher Lloyd

Meaning of "mystification" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MYSTIFICATION

mystification  [ˌmɪstɪfɪˈkeɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MYSTIFICATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mystification is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MYSTIFICATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

mystification

Deception

Deception, beguilement, deceit, bluff, mystification and subterfuge are acts to propagate beliefs of things that are not true, or not the whole truth. Deception can involve dissimulation, propaganda, and sleight of hand, as well as distraction, camouflage, or concealment. There is also self-deception, as in bad faith. Deception is a major relational transgression that often leads to feelings of betrayal and distrust between relational partners. Deception violates relational rules and is considered to be a negative violation of expectations. Most people expect friends, relational partners, and even strangers to be truthful most of the time. If people expected most conversations to be untruthful, talking and communicating with others would require distraction and misdirection to acquire reliable information. A significant amount of deception occurs between romantic and relational partners.

Definition of mystification in the English dictionary

The definition of mystification in the dictionary is the state of being puzzled or bewilderedto sb's mystification. Other definition of mystification is the act of making something obscure or unclear.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MYSTIFICATION


allocation
ˌæləˈkeɪʃən
application
ˌæplɪˈkeɪʃən
authentication
ɔːˌθentɪˈkeɪʃən
certification
ˌsɜːtɪfɪˈkeɪʃən
classification
ˌklæsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən
communication
kəˌmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃən
dedication
ˌdɛdɪˈkeɪʃən
education
ˌɛdjʊˈkeɪʃən
identification
aɪˌdɛntɪfɪˈkeɪʃən
indication
ˌɪndɪˈkeɪʃən
location
ləʊˈkeɪʃən
medication
ˌmɛdɪˈkeɪʃən
modification
ˌmɒdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən
notification
ˌnəʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃən
publication
ˌpʌblɪˈkeɪʃən
qualification
ˌkwɒlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən
relocation
ˌriːləʊˈkeɪʃən
specification
ˌspɛsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən
vacation
vəˈkeɪʃən
verification
ˌvɛrɪfɪˈkeɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MYSTIFICATION

mystery
mystery bag
mystery play
mystery shopper
mystery story
mystery tour
mystic
mystical
mystically
mysticalness
mysticete
mysticism
mysticly
mystified
mystifier
mystifies
mystify
mystifying
mystifyingly
mystique

WORDS THAT END LIKE MYSTIFICATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
association
citation
combination
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
documentation
duration
evaluation
excitation
federation
formation
foundation
generation

Synonyms and antonyms of mystification in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mystification» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MYSTIFICATION

Find out the translation of mystification to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mystification from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mystification» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

神秘化
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mistificación
570 millions of speakers

English

mystification
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रहस्यवाद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تعمية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мистификация
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mistificação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অতীন্দ্রি়করণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mystification
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mystification
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mystifikation
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

神秘化
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

신비화
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mystification
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự bao trùm bí mật
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புதிராக்கம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गूढ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şaşırtma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mistificazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mistyfikacja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

містифікація
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mistificare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μυθοποίηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

fopperij
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mystification
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mystification
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mystification

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MYSTIFICATION»

The term «mystification» is normally little used and occupies the 116.492 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MYSTIFICATION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mystification

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2 QUOTES WITH «MYSTIFICATION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word mystification.
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Paul Harding
Write as precisely and as lucidly and as richly as you can about what you find truly mysterious and irreducible about human experience, and not obscurely about what will prove to be received opinion or cliche once the reader figures out your stylistic conceit. There's all the difference in the world between mystery and mystification.
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Christopher Lloyd
In point of fact, I'm not sure there are too many comedies with laugh tracks anymore. Most of what you hear is live studio audience laughing as a show is filmed. If this prompts you to wonder who those actual human beings are who are laughing at some of this stuff, that is a mystification I share.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MYSTIFICATION»

Discover the use of mystification in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mystification and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Power, Crime and Mystification
Steven Box. through the greed, apathy, negligence, indifference, and the unaccountability of the relatively more powerful. Of course, what constitutes murder, rape, robbery, assault, and other forms of serious crime varies over historical periods ...
Steven Box, 2002
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Learning from Lying: Paradoxes of the Literary Mystification
Beginning with an examination of mystification's elaboration during the century of Enlightenment, the book accounts for mystification's distinctiveness relative to other deceptive forms, particularly forgery, and provides a timely ...
Julia Luisa Abramson, 2005
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Philosophy and Mystification: A Reflection on Nonsense and ...
mystification. Philosophy and Mystification is both a book of philosophy and a book about philosophy. It is a reflection on the nature, methods and resources of philosophic enquiry, one that is grounded in concretely discussed central problems.
Guy Robinson, 2005
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Remembering Anna O.: A Century of Mystification
Borch-Jacobsen maintains that the cure of Anna O. is a myth and suggests that her symptoms were simulated to meet her doctor's expectations. This book reads like a scholarly thriller and has already created a sensation in France.
‎1996
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The Mystification of George Chapman
The Mystification of George Chapman is an argument against the accepted view of Chapman’s art.
Gerald Snare, 1989
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Mystification
past afforded food for mystification. Of this, however, I was not aware; although, in the present instance, I saw clearly that something of a whimsical nature was upon the tapis with my friend, and that Hermann was its especial object. As the ...
Edgar Allan Poe, 199
7
Ritual, Politics, and Power
And how far is it from all this to the White House ceremonies where the president uses a dozen pens to sign his name, giving each to a different supporter, a plastic icon infused with the infectious sacrality of rule.29 Mystification That power ...
David I. Kertzer, 1988
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The Hegemony of Common Sense: Wisdom and Mystification in ...
The Hegemony of Common Sense: Wisdom and Mystification in Everyday Life is a path-breaking synthesis, a unique contribution to the study of class and consciousness.
Dean Wolfe Manders, 2006
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Writing and Madness: (literature/philosophy/psychoanalysis)
peats the governess's, since the critic here participates in the madness he denounces, the psychoanalytical (or critical) demystifica- tion, paradoxically enough, ends up reproducing the literary mystification. The very thrust of the mystification ...
Shoshana Felman, 2003
10
Studies in Symbolic Interaction
This chapter compares and contrasts the British invasion and punk rock as mystified, post-performance products. Expanding on Goffman's notion of mystification to discuss texts that emerged from performances and drawing on Mannheim's ...
Norman K. Denzin, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MYSTIFICATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mystification is used in the context of the following news items.
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The 9 types of girls you'll meet swiping in Vancouver
To further the mystification they also do not add a description and often start their first series of pics with a default avitar. Who are you? «Vancity Buzz, Jul 15»
2
Ecological Crisis and the Tragedy of the Commodity
This simplification results in a mystification of the modern systems of production and consumption and the historically specific ecosystem effects ... «CounterPunch, Jul 15»
3
Is it Capitalism That's the Problem?
Put another way, the thought control—“mystification”—involved with the capitalist ideology tends to cause many in an ostensibly “capitalist” ... «Dissident Voice, Jul 15»
4
Invisible industry without strategy
'Sea blindness' has been attributed by maritime experts to a hereditary and institutionalized ignorance and mystification of the sea by Africans ... «BusinessDay, Jul 15»
5
South-East Europe On Edge Of Civilization: Keep Public In …
Mystification, deceitfulness – if you repeat one lie ten times it becomes the truth. Invocation – based on invoking one essay of thoughts with ... «Eurasia Review, Jul 15»
6
'Desire is revolutionary, otherwise it's not desire'
But at all times, his voice provokes a deep estrangement to the point of mystification. It is a voice that questions what being a woman or being a ... «Buenos Aires Herald, Jul 15»
7
Scout's Adult Conscience
... before I'd ever heard that phrase, with a code and set of morés that I didn't understand, and which I watched with mystification and unease. «Valley News, Jul 15»
8
Review: 'A Cure for Suicide' by Jesse Ball
But each of his books also has a final inner coherence that makes it worth the effort of our mystification. And of course, once we trust that that's ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
9
Column: Insights from a witness to history
I have had a few of these rare moments – pure ecstasy, but also feelings of mystification because of that which was previously unknown – and I ... «The Daily Eastern News, Jul 15»
10
The Science Of Drama: Same Old Stories
Next to religion, movie making (screen writing) suffers the most from audience mystification. While no one can pinpoint the initial spark of ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

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