Obfuscates [verb]
Definition of Obfuscates:
confuse
Synonyms of Obfuscates:
● Baffle
● Perplex
● Bewilder
● Conceal
● Befuddle
● Puzzle
● Muddle
● Confound
● Rattle
● Fog
● Becloud
● Obscure
● Darken
● Cloud
● Fuddle
Opposite/Antonyms of Obfuscates:
Sentence/Example of Obfuscates:
He reserves particular condemnation for phrases like “let me be clear,” which is used here in Hawley’s tweet as code for “let me obfuscate.”
The opposite is true as well—an overwhelming data dump can be designed to obfuscate the facts on the ground.
So I’m really worried in some ways about these technical standards becoming a kind of checkbox that needs to be ticked, and that then ignores or obfuscates the other forms of harms that these technologies have when they’re applied.
It’s something that’s easy to go back to – despite the obfuscating verbiage, the characters are working through the same things we are today.