单词 | obscurist |
释义 | obscuristn. An obscurantist; (also, more generally) a person, esp. a creative artist, who prefers obscurity to clarity. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > intellectual ignorance > [noun] > opposition to enlightenment > one who opposes obscurant1799 offuscant1799 benighter1818 obscurantist1827 ignorantist1841 obfuscator1841 obscurist1917 1917 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 14 182 The antagonists of Maimonides, called the Obscurists, are just as important factors in the development of Jewish thought. 1925 Chambers's Jrnl. 28 Feb. 196/1 He is no faddist or eccentric, no obscurist of any kind, but one who catches at charms in human life and paints them. 1991 Details June 91/1 Fame would queer the music that they, as willful obscurists, have left open to interpretation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1917 |
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