obscurantism

English

Etymology

From Latin obscūrans, from obscūrō (“to cover, darken, obscure”) + -ism.

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

Belarusian: цемрашальства n (cjemrašalʹstva), рэакцыйнасць f (reakcyjnascʹ)
Bulgarian: мракобесие (bg) n (mrakobesie)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蒙昧主義 / 蒙昧主义 (zh) (méngmèizhǔyì)
Finnish: obskurantismi (fi)
French: obscurantisme (fr) m
Greek: σκοταδισμός (el) m (skotadismós)
Hungarian: obskurantizmus
Portuguese: obscurantismo (pt) m
Russian: мракобесие (ru) (mrakobesije), реакционность (ru) f (reakcionnostʹ)
Swedish: obskurantism (sv) c, bildningsfientlighet c
Ukrainian: мракобі́сся n (mrakobíssja), обскуранти́зм m (obskurantýzm)

deliberate obscurity or vagueness

Catalan: obscurantisme m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蒙昧主義 / 蒙昧主义 (zh) (méngmèizhǔyì), 愚民政策 (zh) (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 (pt) m
Romanian: obscurantism (ro) n
Russian: обскуранти́зм (ru) m (obskurantízm), мракобе́сие (ru) n (mrakobésije)
Spanish: oscurantismo (es) m, obscurantismo m
Ukrainian: обскуранти́зм m (obskurantýzm)

See also

agnotology

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French obscurantisme.

Noun

obscurantism n (uncountable)

obscurantism

Declension

Declension of **obscurantism**
singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	obscurantism	obscurantismul
genitive-dative	obscurantism	obscurantismului
vocative	obscurantismule

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