obscuranticadj.
/ɒbskjᵿˈrantɪk/, U.S. /ˌɑbskjəˈræn(t)ɪk/ That obscures or conceals; spec. = obscurantist adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > intellectual ignorance > [adjective] > opposed to enlightenment
obscurantist1848
oscurantista1850
obscurantic1911
mandarin1916
obscurantistic1934
1911 Proc. Royal Soc. 1910–11 B. 83 409 Such methods of presenting facts are obscurantic rather than graphic.
1926 Contemp. Rev. Nov. 661 The book..is full of warnings which sometimes are obvious and sometimes obscurantic.
1955 Bridge Mag. Dec. 42 (heading) The obscurantic knave.
1995 Jrnl. Asian Stud. 54 746 [It] might well be culturally question-begging at best, and at worst altogether obscurantic.
Derivatives
obscuˈranticism n. = obscurantism n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > intellectual ignorance > [noun] > opposition to enlightenment
obscurantism1824
obscurancy1825
obscurism1841
ignorantism1850
obscuranticism1927
1927 Contemp. Rev. Feb. 208 It would not be a work of truth or of love, but of well-meaning though mischievous obscuranticism.
1995 Asian Surv. 35 608 The official communist image of Afghanistan promoted in central Asia promoted Afghanistan as a dark hole of obscuranticism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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