mystification

The mystification is artfully explained by the extraordinary likeness of the two sisters.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

All this is that you may not misunderstand my simile of 'pawns in chess,' made for the gratification of self-mystification, which is a woman's foible.

Selections from the Letters of Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury to Jane Welsh Carlyle 1892

Having lived from childhood in a quiet country parsonage, with my father and mother, and a sister younger than myself, as my sole companions, "mystification" -- that is, telling deliberate falsehoods by way of a joke -- was a perfectly novel idea to me; and, when that joke involved the possibility of such serious consequences as offending the tutor under whose care we were placed, I (wholly ignorant of the impudence and recklessness of public school boys) considered such

Frank Fairlegh Scenes From The Life Of A Private Pupil Frank E. Smedley 1835

Even so, observing his vertical rise through the public relations nebula into the New Establishment stratosphere from afar, the mystification is the same.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

That there are women given to licentiousness who would not lend themselves to very much of what they would call mystification;

The Physiology of Marriage, Part 2 Honor�� de Balzac 1824

That there are women given to licentiousness who would not lend themselves to very much of what they would call mystification;

Analytical Studies Honor�� de Balzac 1824

That there are women given to licentiousness who would not lend themselves to very much of what they would call mystification;

The Physiology of Marriage, Complete Honor�� de Balzac 1824

Asked about theories that criminalization helps terror, Mike Smith from the UN's counter terrorism arm replied, "I agree that 'mystification' or giving glamour to terrorists is a problem, but I think there are factors that play much more heavily into that than just criminalization: videos of terror attacks and appeals for support on jihadist websites are a much more serious concern."

Andrew Belonsky: Can Al-Qaeda Be Killed? 2010

For example, "mystification" is a plausible misrepresentation of reality in which forms of exploitation are presented as forms of benevolence.

The Silence of the Scams 2006

TODD: Adding to the public and private confusion, one law enforcement source expressed, quote, "mystification" that federal officials are downplaying the information, saying the person who provided it has been credible in the past.

CNN Transcript Oct 7, 2005 2005