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I've come to learn there is a virtuous cycle to transparency and a very vicious cycle of obfuscation.
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Meaning of "obfuscation" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OBFUSCATION

obfuscation  [ˌɒbfʌsˈkeɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OBFUSCATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Obfuscation 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 OBFUSCATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Obfuscation

Obfuscation is the hiding of intended meaning in communication, making communication confusing, willfully ambiguous, and harder to interpret.. The word comes from Latin obfuscatio, from obfuscāre, from ob and fuscāre, from fuscus.

Definition of obfuscation in the English dictionary

The definition of obfuscation in the dictionary is the act or an instance of making something obscure, dark, or difficult to understand.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OBFUSCATION


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 OBFUSCATION

obese
obesely
obeseness
obesity
obesogenic
obey
obeyable
obeyer
obfuscate
obfuscatory
obi
obiism
obiit
obit
obital
obiter
obiter dicta
obiter dictum
obitual
obituaries

WORDS THAT END LIKE OBFUSCATION

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 obfuscation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «OBFUSCATION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «obfuscation» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of obfuscation

Translation of «obfuscation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OBFUSCATION

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

Translator English - Chinese

混淆
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ofuscación
570 millions of speakers

English

obfuscation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

obfuscation
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التشويش
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

запутывания
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ofuscação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ়তা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

obfuscation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penyimpangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Verschleierung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

難読化
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

난독
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Obfuscation
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

obfuscation
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குழப்பத்தின்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अस्पष्टता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gizleme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

offuscamento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zaciemniania
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

заплутування
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

confuzie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συσκότιση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

obfuscation
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förvirring
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

obfuscation
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of obfuscation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OBFUSCATION»

The term «obfuscation» is regularly used and occupies the 83.313 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OBFUSCATION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «obfuscation» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «obfuscation» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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4 QUOTES WITH «OBFUSCATION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word obfuscation.
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Julian Baggini
The mark of a mature, psychologically healthy mind is indeed the ability to live with uncertainty and ambiguity, but only as much as there really is. Uncertainty is no virtue when the facts are clear, and ambiguity is mere obfuscation when more precise terms are applicable.
2
David Rakoff
I was going to say that writing is about disclosure and acting is about obfuscation, but that's such a little lie. Both of them are about obfuscation and masking oneself.
3
Nick Turse
Whether I'm trying to figure out what the U.S. military is doing in Latin America or Africa, Afghanistan or Qatar, the response is remarkably uniform - obstruction and obfuscation, hurdles and hindrances. In short, the good old-fashioned military runaround.
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Jeff Weiner
I've come to learn there is a virtuous cycle to transparency and a very vicious cycle of obfuscation.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OBFUSCATION»

Discover the use of obfuscation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to obfuscation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Web Application Obfuscation: -/WAFs..Evasion..Filters//alert ...
Web Application Obfuscation takes a look at common Web infrastructure and security controls from an attacker's perspective, allowing the reader to understand the shortcomings of their security systems.
Eduardo Alberto Vela Nava, Gareth Heyes, 2011
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Surreptitious Software: Obfuscation, Watermarking, and ...
Surreptitious Software is the first authoritative, comprehensive resource for researchers, developers, and students who want to understand these approaches, the level of security they afford, and the performance penalty they incur.
Jasvir Nagra, Christian Collberg, 2009
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Obfuscation and the Steganographic Active Warden Model
This research identifies and defines a new subfield of information hiding research.
Patricia A. Lafferty, 2008
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A Robust Data Obfuscation Approach for Privacy Preserving ...
Privacy is defined as the freedom from unauthorized intrusion.
Rupa Parameswaran, 2006
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Web Application Obfuscation: ...
Evasion..Filters//alert(/Obfuscation/)-' Mario Heiderich, Eduardo Alberto Vela Nava, Gareth Heyes, David Lindsay. Darusc/mom '~/WAFs..Evasi0n..Filters//alert( /Obfuscation/)-' Mario Heiderich, / \ Eduardo Albedo Vela Nava, Gareth Heyes, ...
Mario Heiderich, Eduardo Alberto Vela Nava, Gareth Heyes, 2011
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Information Security: 10th International Conference, ISC ...
On the Concept of Software Obfuscation in Computer Security⋆ Nikolay Kuzurin1 , Alexander Shokurov1, Nikolay Varnovsky2, and Vladimir Zakharov2 1 Institute for System Programming, Moscow, Russia 2 Lomonosov Moscow State ...
Juan Garay, Arjen K. Lenstra, Masahiro Mambo, 2007
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Java Bytecode Obfuscation
Programs written for machine execution will always be susceptible to information theft.
Michael R. Batchelder, 2007
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Automata, Languages and Programming: 32nd International ...
32nd International Colloquium, ICALP 2005, Lisbon, Portugal, July 11-15, 2005 ; Proceedings Luís Caires. Semantic-Based Code Obfuscation by Abstract Interpretation Mila Dalla Preda and Roberto Giacobazzi Dipartimento di Informatica, ...
Luís Caires, 2005
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Biometrics, Computer Security Systems and Artificial ...
Joanna Witkowska University of Finance and Management in Bialystok branch in Elk, Faculty of Engineering, Grunwaldzka 1, 19-300 Elk, Poland Email : joannawitkowskaSinteria .pi Abstract: This paper aims an overview of the obfuscation ...
Khalid Saeed, Jerzy Pejas, Romuald Mosdorf, 2007
10
Practical Reverse Engineering: x86, x64, ARM, Windows ...
The book covers x86, x64, and ARM (the first book to cover all three); Windows kernel-mode code rootkits and drivers; virtual machine protection techniques; and much more.
Bruce Dang, Alexandre Gazet, Elias Bachaalany, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OBFUSCATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term obfuscation is used in the context of the following news items.
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Attacks on “sanctuary cities” are misdirected
Mirkarimi's responses to questions about his department's decision making have been mired in legalese and obfuscation. That dispiriting lack ... «San Francisco Chronicle, Jul 15»
2
The police, like vicars, are now the social service of last resort
And she was obviously right to insist that this, and official obfuscation in seeking redress, are totally unacceptable. But what she didn't follow up ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
Jeb Bush is flirting with disaster: Why his latest anti-Medicare …
It was a sweet obfuscation that played into everyone's worst instincts. It was conservative perfection. Jeb, however, seems to be stuck in 2005, ... «Salon, Jul 15»
4
On the frontline: It's time for an open debate on housebuilding, not …
This has led to a set of draconian costs released from the skunkworks at times of maximum obfuscation, like when everyone was distracted ... «City A.M., Jul 15»
5
The missing conservative intellectuals
This belief serves to obfuscate the central antagonism that the first person plural denies — this obfuscation is the reason conservatism “works” ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
6
Varoufakis – a new kind of politics?
... to fear that when it comes to economics and politics, we are being conned: the main purpose of economic speak in politics is obfuscation. «Open Democracy, Jul 15»
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Your Turn: July 25
... truth about the Civil War guarantees, as pointed out by Josh Brodesky in his column, “the enduring curse of such institutional obfuscation«mySanAntonio.com, Jul 15»
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Is MH17 Putin's Katyn Wood Massacre?
Employing obfuscation similarly as substitute for accountability, Moscow recently vetoed a resolution at the UN Security Council which would ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
9
Planned Parenthood Revelations Disgusting
No amount of obfuscation about how this "tissue" can help cure cancer or give sight to the blind or restore paralyzed limbs to grace changes the ... «Pike County News Watchman, Jul 15»
10
Comment: Who wins in a race to the bottom?
Once the navy became involved and the responsibility turned over to the Commonwealth government there has only been obfuscation. «SBS, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Obfuscation [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/obfuscation>. Apr 2024 ».
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