单词 | obscurism |
释义 | obscurismn.ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > intellectual ignorance > [noun] > opposition to enlightenment obscurantism1824 obscurancy1825 obscurism1841 ignorantism1850 obscuranticism1927 1841 Fraser's Mag. 23 142 We have objected to the theological obscurism of blind submission which some are preaching as a cure for the evils of the day. 2. The tendency to favour obscurity of style, meaning, factual knowledge, etc.; wilful obscurity. ΚΠ 1990 Jrnl. Japanese Stud. 16 344 Arch traditionalists had never cared much for Okakura's approach either, which they termed the ‘mōrō tai’, or ‘obscurism’ style. 1991 D. Coupland Generation X iii. xxix. 165 Obscurism: The practice of peppering daily life with obscure references (forgotten films, dead TV stars, unpopular books, defunct countries, etc.) as a subliminal means of showcasing both one's education and one's wish to disassociate from the world of mass culture. 1997 Editor & Publisher Mag. (Nexis) 30 Aug. 5 We are right to root out obscurism, purposeless pomp and falsehoods from our stories. 2001 Denver Post (Nexis) 25 Apr. f1 It could be a deliberate bit of obscurism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1841 |
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