obscurantism

obscurantism
noun Date: 1834 1. opposition to the spread of knowledge ; a policy of withholding knowledge from the general public 2. a. a style (as in literature or art) characterized by deliberate vagueness or abstruseness b. an act or instance of obscurantism • obscurantist noun or adjective

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  • Obscurantism — (French: obscurantisme, from the Latin obscurans, “darkening”) is the practice of deliberately preventing the facts or the full details of some matter from becoming known. There are two, common, historical and intellectual, denotations: 1)… …   Wikipedia

  • obscurantism — OBSCURANTÍSM s.n. Stare de înapoiere culturală; atitudine ostilă, refractară faţă de tot ce reprezintă progres. – Din fr. obscurantisme. Trimis de laurap, 13.11.2002. Sursa: DEX 98  OBSCURANTÍSM s. neştiinţă. Trimis de siveco, 05.08.2004. Sursa …   Dicționar Român

  • Obscurantism — Ob*scur ant*ism, n. The system or the principles of the obscurants. C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • obscurantism — (n.) opposition to enlightenment, 1834, from Ger. obscurantismus (18c.); see OBSCURANT (Cf. obscurant) + ISM (Cf. ism) …   Etymology dictionary

  • obscurantism — ► NOUN ▪ the practice of preventing the facts or full details of something from becoming known. DERIVATIVES obscurantist noun & adjective. ORIGIN from Latin obscurare make dark …   English terms dictionary

  • obscurantism — [äb skyoor′ən tiz΄əm, əbskyoor′ən tiz΄əm] n. 1. opposition to human progress or enlightenment 2. the practice of being deliberately obscure or vague obscurantist n., adj …   English World dictionary

  • obscurantism — [[t]ɒ̱bskjʊræ̱ntizəm, AM ɒbskj ʊrənt [/t]] N UNCOUNT Obscurantism is the practice or policy of deliberately making something vague and difficult to understand, especially in order to prevent people from finding out the truth. [FORMAL or WRITTEN] …   English dictionary

  • obscurantism — obscurantist, n., adj. /euhb skyoor euhn tiz euhm, ob skyoo ran tiz euhm/, n. 1. opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge. 2. deliberate obscurity or evasion of clarity. [1825 35; < F obscurantisme; see OBSCURANT, ISM] * * * …   Universalium

  • obscurantism — noun a) A state of opposition to human progress or enlightenment. b) Being deliberately obscure or vague. See Also: obscurantist, obscuration, obscure …   Wiktionary

  • obscurantísm — s. n …   Romanian orthography

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