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Obscurantism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A state of opposition to human progress or enlightenment. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a deliberate act intended to make something obscure wordnet
  3. 3
    Deliberate obscurity or vagueness. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    a policy of opposition to enlightenment or the spread of knowledge wordnet

Etymology

From Latin obscūrans, from obscūrō (“to cover, darken, obscure”) + -ism.

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