Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - obscurantism
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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. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Date: 1834 1. opposition to the spread of knowledge ; a policy of withholding knowledge from the general public 2. a. a style (as in literature or art) characterized by deliberate vagueness or abstruseness b. an act or instance of ~ • obscurantist noun or adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. opposition to knowledge and enlightenment. Derivatives obscurant n. obscurantist n. Etymology: obscurant f. G f. L obscurans f. obscurare: see OBSCURE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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