"obscurantist" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From obscurant + -ist. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|obscurant|ist}} obscurant + -ist Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} obscurantist (not comparable)
  1. Of or relating to obscurantism. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: obscurantistic Translations (Translations): obskurantistinen (Finnish), obskurantistisch (German), obskurancki (Polish), obscurantist (Romanian)
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Noun

Forms: obscurantists [plural]
Etymology: From obscurant + -ist. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|obscurant|ist}} obscurant + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} obscurantist (plural obscurantists)
  1. A practitioner of obscurantism; an obscurant. Derived forms: obscurantistic
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