obfuscation

1. The act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring the perception of something; the concept of concealing the meaning of a communication by making it more confusing and harder to interpret. (formal, uncountable)
2. The alteration of computer code to preserve its behavior while concealing its structure and intent. (formal, uncountable) · You need to turn on obfuscation for these classes.
3. Confusion, bewilderment, or a baffled state resulting from something obfuscated, or made more opaque and muddled with the intent to obscure information. (formal, uncountable)
4. A single instance of intentionally obscuring the meaning of something to make it more difficult to grasp. (countable, formal) · During the debate, the candidate sighed at his opponent's obfuscations.

Plural obfuscations