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Meanings of mystification in English

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Confusion resulting from failure to understand.

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Usage of mystification in English
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It represents business as usual, mutual mystification- aSino-Americantradition of long standing.
The new yorker
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But the clerk saw merely the mystification which he desired to create.
A Thief in the Night: A Book of Raffles' Adventures
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Frank exploded at the idea, and added to the mystification by saying,-
Jack and Jill
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All around her the other children were waking up in bleary-eyed mystification.
The Naked God
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The young man looked surprised, and he began to suspect another mystification.
Homeward Bound; Or, the Chase: A Tale of the Sea
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The gentleman, as I have told you before, seems devoted to mystification.
Victory: An Island Tale
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There has been much unnecessary mystification touching this supposed reality behind experiences.
An Introduction to Philosophy
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She was mystified, and being a woman who hated mystification, was angry.
Septimus
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Before Reich's unbelieving eyes the entire staff shook their heads in mystification.
The Demolished Man
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There was much whispering and plotting and agreeing together in schemes of mystification.
Paul Patoff
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Wayne was gazing with mystification in his queer and innocent eyes.
The Napoleon of Notting Hill
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The more I scrutinized and pondered, the greater was my mystification.
The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales
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His brows contracted in astonished mystification, then slowly his eyes narrowed and kindled.
The Lighted Match
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The contraction of his brows had become a scowl of mystification.
Over the Pass
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The identification did little to ease their feeling of incredulous mystification.
Further Adventures of Lad
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A pause followed, in which she met his interrogation with a growing mystification.
Java Head
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Mystification through the time
Mystification across language varieties
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