The English obscurantist Thomas Robert Malthus came up with his misanthropic "theory" during the transition from the eighteenth to the nineteenth century.
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Obscurantist
Synonyms for "obscurantist" (6 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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Adjective(1 words)
Related words (3)
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4 translations across 4 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- obskurantistinen adj (Translations)
German
1 entries- obskurantistisch adj (Translations)
Polish
1 entries- obskurancki adj (Translations)
Romanian
1 entries- obscurantist adj (Translations)
Sample sentences
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The ego thinks that his local time and space is all there is to reality, and that the busy affairs of state and trade are more important than a lot of obscurantist hocus-pocus.
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Muzzling Kelly also elevates a semi-professional obscurantist to the status of free speech martyr, and that invites a cacophonous pile-on from the rightwing bobble heads who screech about the left’s obsession with identity politics while shovelling identity politics at their audiences.
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