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]
...legalistic obscurantism.
obscurantism in American English
(ɑbˈskjʊrənˌtɪzəm; əbˈskjʊrənˌtɪzəm)
noun
1.
opposition to human progress or enlightenment
2.
the practice of being deliberately obscure or vague
Derived forms
obscurantist (obˈscurantist)
noun, adjective
Examples of 'obscurantism' in a sentence
obscurantism
There was a kind of poetry in some of the titling, along with Grillo's love of puns and a playful obscurantism.