Paul Harding

Write as precisely and as lucidly and as richly as you can about what you find truly mysterious and irreducible about human experience, and not obscurely about what will prove to be received opinion or cliche once the reader figures out your stylistic conceit. There's all the difference in the world between mystery and mystification.

American Author

Christopher Lloyd

In point of fact, I'm not sure there are too many comedies with laugh tracks anymore. Most of what you hear is live studio audience laughing as a show is filmed. If this prompts you to wonder who those actual human beings are who are laughing at some of this stuff, that is a mystification I share.

American Actor

Alessandra Mussolini

I work with the people in the piazza, where there is reality. Here in Parliament, often there is a mystification of reality. They are not representatives of the people. They represent themselves and their own interests.

Italian Politician

Often used in literature to describe puzzling events or characters.

Literary Use

Can be used figuratively to express complex situations in life or art.

Figurative Speech

Refers to intentional actions that make things less clear.

Intentional Obscurity

Used when ambiguity increases interest or allure.

Enhancing Intrigue

Understand cultural elements that may aim to mystify subjects.

Cultural Context

Can refer to personal response to something not well understood.

Subjective Experience

Expresses someone's confusion or lack of understanding.

Personal Reactions

Used when something happens that is hard to explain or understand.

Unexpected Situations

Refers to situations where unclear circumstances cause confusion.

Mystification