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obfuscation in Arabic

تَشْوِيش tašwīš

UK/ˌɒb.fəˈskeɪ.ʃən/US/ˌɑb.fəˈskeɪ.ʃən/

obfuscation in Arabic: تَشْوِيش (tašwīš), تَعْتِيم (taʕtīm). In English, obfuscation means 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.

Arabic words for obfuscation

act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring the perception of something
تَشْوِيش tašwīš
alter computer code, preserving its behavior but concealing its structure and intent
تَعْتِيم taʕtīm

English meaning of obfuscation

  1. noun 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.
  2. noun The alteration of computer code to preserve its behavior while concealing its structure and intent.
  3. noun Confusion, bewilderment, or a baffled state resulting from something obfuscated, or made more opaque and muddled with the intent to obscure information.
  4. noun A single instance of intentionally obscuring the meaning of something to make it more difficult to grasp.

Full definition of obfuscation

obfuscation in a sentence

  • You need to turn on obfuscation for these classes.
  • During the debate, the candidate sighed at his opponent's obfuscations.

obfuscation in other languages

Questions about obfuscation in Arabic

What is the meaning of obfuscation in Arabic?
Obfuscation in Arabic is تَشْوِيش (tašwīš), تَعْتِيم (taʕtīm).
ما معنى كلمة obfuscation؟
Obfuscation: تَشْوِيش (tašwīš), تَعْتِيم (taʕtīm).
What does obfuscation mean in English?
Obfuscation means 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.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: obfuscation (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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