- an act or instance of purposely causing someone to be perplexed or bewildered by playing on their ignorance, gullibility, or naiveté: As a mask for banality or an agent of mystification, the word “dialectical” is really quite wonderful.The author put titles at the top of certain pages—in a spirit of mystification, I suppose, since they do not illuminate the reader.
- an act or instance of making something mysterious or obscure: Rejecting any effort to understand Hitler or the Holocaust can lead to a mystification of the past that thwarts all efforts to learn from it.
- the state of being perplexed or puzzled: I felt pretty silly when, after a week of mystification, my techie friend explained how the remote worked.
