Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Mystification \Mys`ti*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. mystification.]
   The act of mystifying, or the state of being mystied; also,
   something designed to, or that does, mystify.

         The reply of Pope seems very much as though he had been
         playing off a mystification on his Grace. --De Quincey.

Source : WordNet®

mystification
     n 1: confusion resulting from failure to understand [syn: {bewilderment},
           {obfuscation}, {puzzlement}, {befuddlement}, {bafflement},
           {bemusement}]
     2: something designed to mystify or bewilder
     3: the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving
        them baffled or bewildered [syn: {obfuscation}]