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Definition of Obscurantism

1. Noun. A policy of opposition to enlightenment or the spread of knowledge.

2. Noun. A deliberate act intended to make something obscure.

Definition of Obscurantism

1. n. The system or the principles of the obscurants.

Definition of Obscurantism

1. Noun. A state of opposition to human progress or enlightenment. ¹

2. Noun. Being deliberately obscure or vague. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Obscurantism

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Obscurantism

obrogates obrogating obrok obroks obround obrounds obsagittate obscene obscenely obscener

obscenest obscenities obscenity obscurant obscurantic obscurantism (current term) obscurantisms obscurantist obscurantists obscurants

obscuration obscurations obscure obscured obscurely obscurement obscurements obscureness obscurenesses obscurer

Literary usage of Obscurantism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Philip Melanchthon, the Protestant Preceptor of Germany, 1497-1560 by James William Richard (1898)
"... Is Licensed to Teach—Lectures on the Classics—Becomes Proof- Reader, Editor, and Translator—obscurantism—Melanchthon Attracts the Attention of Scholars. ..."

2. The Expositor edited by Samuel Cox, William Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt (1892)
"... and obscurantism. In the next paper we shall turn to the debatable ground between the Philistines and Israel—the second of the parallel zones—the ..."

3. Christian Theology and Social Progress: The Bampton Lectures for 1905 by Frederick William Bussell (1907)
"... la the new school of obscurantism : this emphasised by the general sense of uncertain aim and irresistible forces : falsification of hopes and designs ..."

4. The Magyars: Their Country and Institutions by Patterson, Arthur John (1869)
"... obscurantism—Austrian Influence still feared—How to Oppose it. THE first observation to ... obscurantism ..."

5. The Spirit of the Papacy by John Shertzer Hittell (1895)
"... France, Germany, and other Christian nations. SEC. 106. obscurantism.—The Papist has ever been, still is, and always will be, the bitter en- ..."

6. The Awakening of a Race, an Advance in Civilisation by George Boxall (1907)
"... —The Orderly Growth of Religion—The Jew and the Bible—Jesus, the Jew—Greek obscurantism — The Apostolic Succession—The Authority of St. Paul. ..."

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