"mystification" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: mystifications [plural]
Etymology: From French mystification. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|mystification}} French mystification Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} mystification (countable and uncountable, plural mystifications)
  1. The act of mystifying or the condition of being mystified. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of being mystified): kummastuminen (Finnish), hämmentyminen (Finnish), mystifikaatio (Finnish), Verblüffung [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-mystification-en-noun-ltUoVEfT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 79 21 Disambiguation of 'act of being mystified': 90 10
  2. A mystifying thing. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-mystification-en-noun-XCo1341C
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bafflement, bewilderment, obfuscation

Noun [French]

IPA: /mis.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/ Audio: Fr-mystification.ogg Forms: mystifications [plural]
Etymology: From mystifier + -ification. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|mystifier|-ification}} mystifier + -ification Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} mystification f (plural mystifications)
  1. mystification Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-mystification-fr-noun-J3k7igYP Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -ification

Inflected forms

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