OBSCURANTISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does obscurantism mean? 

• OBSCURANTISM (noun)
  The noun OBSCURANTISM has 2 senses:

1. a policy of opposition to enlightenment or the spread of knowledge

2. a deliberate act intended to make something obscure

  Familiarity information: OBSCURANTISM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OBSCURANTISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A policy of opposition to enlightenment or the spread of knowledge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("obscurantism" is a kind of...):

policy (a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A deliberate act intended to make something obscure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("obscurantism" is a kind of...):

deceit; deception; dissembling; dissimulation (the act of deceiving)

Derivation:

obscurantist (a person who is deliberately vague)