Definitions For Obscurant

Noun

OBSCURANT (plural OBSCURANTs) One who acts to confound or obfuscate; an obscurantist. A person who seeks to prevent or hinder enquiry and the advancement of knowledge or wisdom; an agent of endarkenment. An opposer of lucidity and transparency in the political and intellectual spheres.

Related terms

{{rel-top3}} obscurancy obscurans obscurantis obscurantic obscurantism obscurantist obscurate {{rel-mid3}} obscuration obscurative obscure obscurement obscureness obscurify {{rel-mid3}} obscurism obscurist obscurity obscurous obscurum per obscurius {{rel-bottom}}

Translations

Russian: мракобе́с, m, обскура́нт, m, обскура́нтка, f

Adjective

Acting or tending to confound, obfuscate, or obscure. Typical of or pertaining to #noun, obscurants; obscurantic; obscurantistic.

Etymology

Entering English circa 1793–1799“'” listed by Dictionary.com Unabridged (v1·1): From {{der, en, de, Obskurant}}“'” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition / draft revision (March 2004) and {{der, en, fr, obscurant}}, from classical Latin , obscūrant-}}, stem of obscūrāns“obscurant” listed in Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1996, 1998), present participle of obscūrāre ("to obscure"), from {{m, la, obscūrus, t=dark.

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