ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Anticryptography

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Anticryptography is a noun meaning (rare) The encoding of messages in such a way that they are as easy as possible to decipher.

Meaning

(rare) The encoding of messages in such a way that they are as easy as possible to decipher.

Example Sentences

We are considering not cryptography, but anticryptography, the design by a very intelligent civilization of a message so simple that even civilizations as primitive as ours can understand it.
It is common in the art of anticryptography to include a cross-check device with the coded message so that the recipient may reassure himself that he has properly deciphered and understood the message.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include decode, scrambler, codebreaking, codetext, zeroization, cryptobabble.

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