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mystification

[mis-tuh-fi-key-shuhn] / ˌmɪs tə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /


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Nonetheless, the questions the audience asked betrayed a “Where’s the art?” kind of mystification.

From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2022

You could hear the searching in his voice, the mystification over where all the fairy dust went from his swing.

From Washington Post • Jul. 19, 2021

Amid the wreckage, the artist is liberated from the mystification of “great art.”

From Slate • Oct. 17, 2020

Here Aucoin, as though fishing in the same Rhine as Wagner did, creates a sense of wonderment and mystification.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2020

“What’s this?” cried McWatt, staring in mystification at the ripped half of his bedsheet.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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