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OBSCURANTIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does obscurantist mean? 

OBSCURANTIST (noun)
  The noun OBSCURANTIST has 1 sense:

1. a person who is deliberately vagueplay

  Familiarity information: OBSCURANTIST used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OBSCURANTIST (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who is deliberately vague

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

beguiler; cheat; cheater; deceiver; slicker; trickster (someone who leads you to believe something that is not true)

Derivation:

obscurantism (a deliberate act intended to make something obscure)


 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"While the cat is away, the mice will play." (English proverb)

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"Forgetness is the plague of knowledge." (Arabic proverb)

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