> ob•fus•ca•tion
n.
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.
n.
Confusion, bewilderment, or a baffled state resulting from something obfuscated, or made more opaque and muddled with the intent to obscure information.
n.
A single instance of intentionally obscuring the meaning of something to make it more difficult to grasp.