Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mystification

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.86 in modern English

Syllables: mys-ti-fi-ca-tion
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of mystifying or the condition of being mystified.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A mystifying thing.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"But soon one notices, first in ones and twos, and then in larger groups, men who are very much alive at this hour in the morning, the sorters for the Caledonian, and Edinburgh sections of the "Down Special"; mail is piled high on the platforms, and the postal men glance occasionally towards the platform intermediate signals. By this time the calling-on arm is pulled off, and a few minutes later in comes the train, unannounced by the loud-speakers, to the mystification of many travellers."
"For a structuralist like Edmund Leach, the structure is the meaning. Genesis, for example, is about incest taboos; all the rest is noise and mystification."

Etymology

From French mystification.

Usage

Inflected Forms

mystifications (plural)

Derived Forms

demystification

Synonyms

bafflement bewilderment obfuscation puzzlement befuddlement bemusement

Questions

What does mystification mean?: The act of mystifying or the condition of being mystified.
Where does mystification come from?: From French mystification.

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