"obscurant" meaning in Français

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Noun

IPA: \ɔb.sky.ʁɑ̃\ Forms: obscurants [plural]
  1. Celui qui est opposé aux progrès des lumières et de la civilisation. Tags: dated
    Sense id: fr-obscurant-fr-noun-fbHwfwBW Categories (other): Exemples en français, Termes vieillis en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: obscurantiste, obscurantin

Verb

IPA: \ɔb.sky.ʁɑ̃\
  1. Participe présent du verbe obscurer. Form of: obscurer
    Sense id: fr-obscurant-fr-verb-6asmAehN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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