obscurantist
obscurantist noun: a practitioner of obscurantism; an obscurant.
Noun
obscurantist (plural obscurantists)
- A practitioner of obscurantism; an obscurant.
- Aeschylus is not of design an obscurantist, but […] he distorts or omits facts.1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “III. The Persians”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 84
- The ego thinks that his local time and space is all there is to reality, and that the busy affairs of state and trade are more important than a lot of obscurantist hocus-pocus.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 180
Adjective
obscurantist (not comparable)
- Of or relating to obscurantism.
- Synonyms:
- obscurantistic
obscurantist meaning in Urdu
obscurantist in Urdu
- جہالت پسند, قدامت پسند
Synonyms of obscurantist
Forms of obscurantist
| plural | obscurantists |
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Origin of obscurantist
From obscurant + -ist.
Words formed from obscurantist
Questions about obscurantist
- What does obscurantist mean?
- Obscurantist means a practitioner of obscurantism; an obscurant.
- What is obscurantist in Urdu?
- Obscurantist in Urdu is جہالت پسند, قدامت پسند. See Obscurantist meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is obscurantist?
- Obscurantist can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of obscurantist?
- The plural of obscurantist is obscurantists.
Words near obscurantist in the dictionary
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