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obscurantist

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ob·scur·ant·ism  (b-skyrn-tzm, b-, bsky-rn-)
n.
1. The principles or practice of obscurants.
2. A policy of withholding information from the public.
3.
a. A style in art and literature characterized by deliberate vagueness or obliqueness.
b. An example or instance of this style.
ob·scurant·ist n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.obscurantist - a person who is deliberately vague
beguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
Translations
obscurantist [ˌɒbskjʊəˈræntɪst]
A. ADJ → oscurantista
B. N → oscurantista mf
obscurantist
n → Gegner(in) m(f) → der Aufklärung


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So that the man who should, for instance, go openly and knowingly in opposition to all that list would to your thinking, and indeed mine, too, of course, be an obscurantist or an absolute madman: would not he?
Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
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