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obscurantism

obscurantism noun: a state of opposition to human progress or enlightenment.

Noun

obscurantism (countable and uncountable, plural obscurantisms)

  1. A state of opposition to human progress or enlightenment.
  2. Deliberate obscurity or vagueness.

obscurantism meaning in Urdu and Kannada

obscurantism in Urdu

جہالت پسندی

obscurantism in Kannada

ಗೊಡ್ಡುತನ, ಗೊಡ್ಡುಸಂಪ್ರದಾಯ ಶರಣತೆ, ಜ್ಞಾನವಿರೋಧಿ

Forms of obscurantism

pluralobscurantisms

Origin of obscurantism

From Latin obscūrans, from obscūrō (“to cover, darken, obscure”) + -ism.

Questions about obscurantism

What does obscurantism mean?
Obscurantism means a state of opposition to human progress or enlightenment.
What is obscurantism in Urdu?
Obscurantism in Urdu is جہالت پسندی. See Obscurantism meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is obscurantism?
Obscurantism is a noun.
What is the plural of obscurantism?
The plural of obscurantism is obscurantisms.

Words near obscurantism in the dictionary

  1. obscenity
  2. obscurable
  3. obscurancy
  4. obscurant
  5. obscurantic
  6. obscurantism
  7. obscurantisms
  8. obscurantist
  9. obscurantistic
  10. obscurantists
  11. obscurantly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: obscurantism (page history and authors); obscurantism (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); obscurantism (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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