MYSTIFICATION


Meaning of MYSTIFICATION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌmis-tə-fə-ˈkā-shən ]

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.