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Webster 1913 Edition

Obscurantism

Ob-scur′ant-ism

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Noun.

The system or the principles of the obscurants.

C. Kingsley.

Definition 2024

obscurantism

obscurantism

English

Noun

obscurantism ‎(countable and uncountable, plural obscurantisms)

A state of opposition to human progress or enlightenment.
Deliberate obscurity or vagueness.

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Translations

state of opposition to progress

Chinese:
Mandarin:
Finnish: obskurantismi (fi)
Greek: σκοταδισμός (el) m ‎(skotadismós)

Hungarian: obskurantizmus
Portuguese: obscurantismo m
Russian:

deliberate obscurity or vagueness

Catalan: obscurantisme m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蒙昧主義 (zh), 蒙昧主义 (zh) ‎(méngmèizhǔyì), 愚民政策 ‎(yúmín zhèngcè)
Czech: obskurantismus m
Finnish: epämääräisyys (fi), kiertely (fi)
French: obscurantisme (fr) m
German: Obskurantismus m
Greek: σκοταδισμός (el) m ‎(skotadismós)

Hungarian: obskurantizmus
Japanese: 蒙昧主義 ‎(もうまいしゅぎ, mōmaishugi)
Portuguese: obscurantismo m
Romanian: obscurantism (ro) n
Russian: обскуранти́зм (ru) m ‎(obskurantízm), мракобе́сие (ru) n ‎(mrakobésije)
Spanish: oscurantismo (es) m, obscurantismo m

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowing from French obscurantisme.

Noun

obscurantism n ‎(uncountable)

obscurantism

Declension

declension of obscurantism (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) obscurantism	obscurantismul
genitive/dative	(unui) obscurantism	obscurantismului
vocative	obscurantismule

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