Definition of mystification
1a : an act or instance of mystifyingb : 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
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Examples of mystification in a Sentence
the new information did little to ease our mystification
an event that is one of the great mystifications in all of maritime history
1816
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1816
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