opacify

English

Etymology

Back-formation from opacification; equivalent to opaque +‎ -ify.

Verb

opacify (third-person singular simple present opacifies, present participle opacifying, simple past and past participle opacified)

1. (transitive) To make opaque.

   Synonym: opaquen

   • 1979 August 11, Lawrence Mass, “Psychiatry on Trial”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 4, page 8:

     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.

   • 2021, Otto English, Fake History, page 167:

     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.

Derived terms

• opacifier