obfuscation

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.

Confusion, bewilderment, or a baffled state resulting from something obfuscated, or made more opaque and muddled with the intent to obscure information.

A single instance of intentionally obscuring the meaning of something to make it more difficult to grasp.

“During the debate, the candidate sighed at his opponent's obfuscations.”