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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats