n.
Pronunciation: ˌ mis-t ə -f ə - ' k ā -sh ə n
Function: noun
Date: 1815
1 a : an act or instance of mystifying b : an obscuring especially of capitalist or social dynamics (as by making them equivalent to natural laws) that is seen in Marxist thought as an impediment to critical consciousness <the mystification of the sources of wealth ― Henry Staten>
2 : the quality or state of being mystified
3 : something designed to mystify