Dictionary

opacify en · VERB

Etymology

Back-formation from opacification, ultimately from Latin opācus (“dark”); equivalent to opaque + -ify.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To make opaque.
   • At its best, psychoanalysis is the classic therapeutic technique for exploring unconscious processes. At its less-than-best, it is a jargon-opacified, oedipus-complicated, libido-theoretical, pseudo-scientific cult whose messiah is Sigmund Freud. 1979 August 11, Lawrence Mass, “Psychiatry on Trial”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 4, page 8:
   • They haven't, largely, because the debate has been deliberately opacified, with nationalist and Conservative politicians in particular still seeking to portray British Imperialism as a source of pride and Britain as the "good guy" in the slavery debate. 2021, Otto English, Fake History, page 167:

Forms

Deriveds

opacifier · opacifiable · radiopacify

Synonyms

opaquen