"obscurification" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-obscurification.wav [US] Forms: obscurifications [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English obscure Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -ficātiō Old French -ificationbor. Middle English -ificacioun English -ification English obscurification From obscure + -ification. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|obscure|-ification|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English obscure Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -ficātiō Old French -ificationbor. Middle English -ificacioun English -ification English obscurification [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-tiHō", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-Hō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-tiō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ficātiō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "uder" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-ification", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ificacioun", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ification", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "obscurification", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="obscurification"> From obscure + -ification. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} obscurification (countable and uncountable, plural obscurifications)
  1. (colloquial, slang, used as a nonce only) The act of making something obscure, or (in computing) obfuscating source code etc. Tags: colloquial, countable, slang, uncountable Related terms: obscurify, obfuscation

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