"obscurantism" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: obscurantisms [plural]
Etymology: From Latin obscūrans, from obscūrō (“to cover, darken, obscure”) + -ism. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|obscurans|obscūrans}} Latin obscūrans, {{af|en|-ism}} -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} obscurantism (countable and uncountable, plural obscurantisms)
  1. A state of opposition to human progress or enlightenment. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (state of opposition to progress): цемрашальства (cjemrašalʹstva) [neuter] (Belarusian), рэакцыйнасць (reakcyjnascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), мракобесие (mrakobesie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 蒙昧主義 /蒙昧主义 (méngmèizhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), obskurantismi (Finnish), obscurantisme [masculine] (French), σκοταδισμός (skotadismós) [masculine] (Greek), obskurantizmus (Hungarian), obscurantismo [masculine] (Portuguese), мракобесие (mrakobesije) (Russian), реакционность (reakcionnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), obskurantism [common-gender] (Swedish), bildningsfientlighet [common-gender] (Swedish), мракобі́сся (mrakobíssja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), обскуранти́зм (obskurantýzm) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. Deliberate obscurity or vagueness. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (deliberate obscurity or vagueness): obscurantisme [masculine] (Catalan), 蒙昧主義 /蒙昧主义 (méngmèizhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), 愚民政策 (yúmín zhèngcè) (Chinese Mandarin), obskurantismus [masculine] (Czech), epämääräisyys (Finnish), kiertely (Finnish), obscurantisme [masculine] (French), Obskurantismus [masculine] (German), σκοταδισμός (skotadismós) [masculine] (Greek), obskurantizmus (Hungarian), 蒙昧主義 (mōmaishugi) (alt: もうまいしゅぎ) (Japanese), obscurantismo [masculine] (Portuguese), obscurantism [neuter] (Romanian), обскуранти́зм (obskurantízm) [masculine] (Russian), мракобе́сие (mrakobésije) [neuter] (Russian), oscurantismo [masculine] (Spanish), obscurantismo [masculine] (Spanish), обскуранти́зм (obskurantýzm) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-obscurantism-en-noun-LSBqfSYR Disambiguation of 'deliberate obscurity or vagueness': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: obscurantist, obscuration, obscure, obscurity, agnotology

Inflected forms

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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "state of opposition to progress",
      "word": "obskurantizmus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "state of opposition to progress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "obscurantismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mrakobesije",
      "sense": "state of opposition to progress",
      "word": "мракобесие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "reakcionnostʹ",
      "sense": "state of opposition to progress",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "реакционность"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "state of opposition to progress",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "obskurantism"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "state of opposition to progress",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bildningsfientlighet"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mrakobíssja",
      "sense": "state of opposition to progress",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "мракобі́сся"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "obskurantýzm",
      "sense": "state of opposition to progress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "обскуранти́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "deliberate obscurity or vagueness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "obscurantisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "méngmèizhǔyì",
      "sense": "deliberate obscurity or vagueness",
      "word": "蒙昧主義 /蒙昧主义"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yúmín zhèngcè",
      "sense": "deliberate obscurity or vagueness",
      "word": "愚民政策"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "deliberate obscurity or vagueness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "obskurantismus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "deliberate obscurity or vagueness",
      "word": "epämääräisyys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "deliberate obscurity or vagueness",
      "word": "kiertely"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "deliberate obscurity or vagueness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "obscurantisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "deliberate obscurity or vagueness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Obskurantismus"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "skotadismós",
      "sense": "deliberate obscurity or vagueness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "σκοταδισμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "deliberate obscurity or vagueness",
      "word": "obskurantizmus"
    },
    {
      "alt": "もうまいしゅぎ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mōmaishugi",
      "sense": "deliberate obscurity or vagueness",
      "word": "蒙昧主義"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "deliberate obscurity or vagueness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "obscurantismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "deliberate obscurity or vagueness",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "obscurantism"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obskurantízm",
      "sense": "deliberate obscurity or vagueness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "обскуранти́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mrakobésije",
      "sense": "deliberate obscurity or vagueness",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "мракобе́сие"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "deliberate obscurity or vagueness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oscurantismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "deliberate obscurity or vagueness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "obscurantismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "obskurantýzm",
      "sense": "deliberate obscurity or vagueness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "обскуранти́зм"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "obscurantism"
  ],
  "word": "obscurantism"
}

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