obscurations
/ˌɑbskjʊˈreɪʃənz/
noun
- Multiple instances or types of the act of making something unclear, difficult to see, or hard to understand.
- The report listed several obscurations of the data, including missing files and altered dates.
- The historian noted the obscurations in the ancient texts, where parts had been erased or rewritten.
- Astronomers study atmospheric obscurations like clouds and dust that block their view of the stars.
- Multiple states of being hidden, unknown, or not easily noticed.
- The museum's collection included many artifacts that had suffered obscurations over time.
- The author wrote about the obscurations of truth that occur during wartime.
- The obscurations of the original meaning made the poem difficult to interpret.