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mystification: the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered; something designed to mystify or bewilder

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esoterics collapse

theosophy collapse: a system of belief based on mystical insight into the nature of God and the soul

interment collapse

invisibility collapse: the quality of not being perceivable by the eye

misguidance collapse

mysticism collapse: obscure or irrational thought; a religion based on mystical communion with an ultimate reality

yoga collapse: a system of exercises practiced as part of the Hindu discipline to promote control of the body and mind; Hindu discipline aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility that is achieved through the three paths of actions and knowledge and devotion

misdirection collapse: incorrect directions or instructions; an incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge

darkening collapse: becoming dark or darker as from waning light or clouding over; "the darkening sky"

cabala collapse: an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret

secretion collapse: a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell; the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance

specious reasoning collapse

plausibility collapse: apparent validity

why collapse: the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'

misleading collapse

secrecy collapse: the trait of keeping things secret

opacity collapse: the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light; incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning; the phenomenon of not permitting the passage of electromagnetic radiation

occultation collapse

sophism collapse: a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone

dilemma collapse: state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options

circularity collapse: the roundness of a 2-dimensional figure

symbolism collapse: the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning; a system of symbols and symbolic representations; an artistic movement in the late 19th century that tried to express abstract or mystical ideas through the symbolic use of images

vagueness collapse: indistinctness of shape or character; "the scene had the swirling vagueness of a painting by Turner"; unclearness by virtue of being poorly expressed or not coherent in meaning; "the Conservative manifesto is a model of vagueness"; "these terms were used with a vagueness that suggested little or no thought about what each might convey"

sophistication collapse: falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies; "he practiced the art of sophistication upon reason"; the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment; being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject; "understanding affine transformations requires considerable mathematical sophistication"

murk collapse: make dark, dim, or gloomy

speciousness collapse: an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility; "the speciousness of his argument"

enigma collapse

burial collapse: the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave

vicious circle collapse: an argument that assumes that which is to be proved; one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first

insincerity collapse: the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical

hiding collapse

misapplication collapse: wrong use or application

casuistry collapse: moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas; argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading

hocus pocus collapse

equivocation collapse: falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language; intentionally vague or ambiguous

perplexity collapse: trouble or confusion resulting from complexity

darkness collapse: a swarthy complexion; having a dark or somber color; an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness"

obscurity collapse: the state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination; an obscure and unimportant standing; not well known; "he worked in obscurity for many years"

deception collapse: the act of deceiving

puzzle collapse: a toy that tests your ingenuity; a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution; "he loved to solve chessmate puzzles"; "that's a real puzzler"; be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide; "We puzzled over her sudden departure"

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