Obscurant

Quick meaning: Obscurant is an adjective meaning Acting or tending to confound, obfuscate, or obscure.

Meaning

Acting or tending to confound, obfuscate, or obscure.

More Meanings

1. Typical of or pertaining to obscurants; obscurantic; obscurantistic.
2. One who acts to confound or obfuscate; an obscurantist.
3. A person who seeks to prevent or hinder enquiry and the advancement of knowledge or wisdom; an agent of endarkenment.
4. An opposer of lucidity and transparency in the political and intellectual spheres.

Word Forms

• obscurants

Synonyms for obscurant

Depending on context, synonyms include destructive, obliterating.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include destructive, obliterating, obfuscatory, muddied, obstractive, obstrusive.

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