Associations to the word «Obscurantism»

Wiktionary

OBSCURANTISM, noun. A state of opposition to human progress or enlightenment.
OBSCURANTISM, noun. Deliberate obscurity or vagueness.

Dictionary definition

OBSCURANTISM, noun. A policy of opposition to enlightenment or the spread of knowledge.
OBSCURANTISM, noun. A deliberate act intended to make something obscure.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King