Synonyms for "obscurant"

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Bulgarian

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• мракобесник noun (an opposer of lucidity and transparency in the political and intellectual spheres)
• реакционер noun (an opposer of lucidity and transparency in the political and intellectual spheres)

German

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• Dunkelmann noun (an opposer of lucidity and transparency in the political and intellectual spheres)
• Obskurant noun (an opposer of lucidity and transparency in the political and intellectual spheres)

Russian

3 entries

• мракобе́с noun (an opposer of lucidity and transparency in the political and intellectual spheres)
• обскура́нт noun (an opposer of lucidity and transparency in the political and intellectual spheres)
• обскура́нтка noun (an opposer of lucidity and transparency in the political and intellectual spheres)

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