obscure /ob- or əb-skūrˈ/

1. Dark
2. Not distinct
3. Not easily understood
4. Not clear, legible, or perspicuous
5. Unknown
6. Hidden
7. Inconspicuous
8. Lowly
9. Not famous
10. Living or enveloped in darkness

1. Darkness
2. An obscure place
3. Indistinctness

1. To darken
2. To make dim
3. To hide
4. To make less plain
5. To make doubtful

1. To conceal oneself, hide
2. To darken

obˈscūrant /-ant or ob-skūrˈənt/ noun

Someone who tries hard to prevent enlightenment or reform

Of or relating to obscurantism

obscūrantˈism (or /-skūrˈ/) noun

Opposition to inquiry, reform or new knowledge

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