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obscurantism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation |
| Derivation | obscurantist |
obscurantism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | policy |
Examples of obscurantism
obscurantism
There is no vainglorious obscurantism here to match the obscurantism of the poet.
From the economist.com
Royal Hunt is a sort of Tiny Alice shorn of obscurantism and sent to Inca land.
From the time.com
The usual woolly obscurantism you get from certain theist commentators on science.
From the guardian.co.uk
I didn't want to hide behind images, disappear into obscurantism, play word games.
From the metro.co.uk
Hard to square with religious obscurantism, I know, but progress can happen.
From the evangelicaloutpost.com
Pursuit of obscurantism is not a speciality or monopoly of the Islamists.
From the guardian.co.uk
Like any priestly caste, Eurocrats display a streak of authoritarianism and obscurantism.
From the economist.com
As for confusing cultural obscurantism with cinematic clarity, it clearly beggars belief.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
Jacques Lacan was an intellectual who defended obscurantism, to a degree.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- A policy of opposition to enlightenment or the spread of knowledge
- A deliberate act intended to make something obscure
- (obscurantist) a person who is deliberately vague
- Obscurantism (/u0252bu02C8skju028Au0259ru0259nu02CCtu026Azu0259m, u0259b-/ or /u02CCu0252bskju028Au02C8ru00E6ntu026Azu0259m/) is the practice of deliberately preventing the facts or the full details of some matter from becoming known...
- A state of opposition to human progress or enlightenment; Being deliberately obscure or vague
