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Word: obscurant (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Acting or tending to confound, obfuscate, or obscure.
  • Typical of or pertaining to obscurants; obscurantic; obscurantistic.

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Noun:

  • An opposer of lucidity and transparency in the political and intellectual spheres.
  • A person who seeks to prevent or hinder enquiry and the advancement of knowledge or wisdom; an agent of endarkenment.
  • One who acts to confound or obfuscate; an obscurantist.

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