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Definition of Obscurant
1. n. One who obscures; one who prevents enlightenment or hinders the progress of knowledge and wisdom.
Definition of Obscurant
1. Adjective. Acting or tending to confound, obfuscate, or obscure. ¹
2. Adjective. Typical of or pertaining to obscurants; obscurantic; obscurantistic. ¹
3. Noun. One who acts to confound or obfuscate; an obscurantist. ¹
4. Noun. A person who seeks to prevent or hinder enquiry and the advancement of knowledge or wisdom; an agent of endarkenment. ¹
5. Noun. An opposer of lucidity and transparency in the political and intellectual spheres. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Obscurant
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Obscurant
Literary usage of Obscurant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Four Gospels Translated from the Greek, with Preliminary Dissertations by George Campbell (1837)
"... says he,* " rendered, not very appositely, obscurant, what in the Vulgate was
exterminant, ... qu'Erasme traduisit obscurant, où il ya dans la Vulgate ..."
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