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obfuscation [‚äb·fə′skā·shən] (psychology) Mental confusion. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This is complicated by military obfuscation, a power struggle between the local sheik-turned-mayor and a resistance leader, and the fact that anyone seen talking to an American is likely to get shot. As it turns out, this is a massive understatement, for, as in earlier writings by Tafuri, obfuscation is overpoweringly present, and any message the author might wish to disseminate is obscured by the pretentiousness and incomprehensibility of his ludicrously opaque language, influenced no doubt by his Marxist stance and by people such as Adorno and Foucault (which might explain, of course, why some find it profound). I was just reading the article on "Homeland Security" in the May 15 issue and found yet another attempt to steal our freedoms, under the obfuscation of "security. |
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