Definition of obscurantism in English:

obscurantism

noun ˌɒbskjʊˈrantɪz(ə)m

mass noun

The practice of deliberately preventing the facts or full details of something from becoming known.
蒙昧主义
allegations in the Press about government obscurantism
Example sentencesExamples
- Our problem is becoming obscurantism, which is a deliberate hiding of the facts by vested interests who know they are injuring us.
- In the early years of the irreconcilable conflict between science and religious obscurantism, the head of the Roman Catholic Church could place Galileo under house arrest or have Giordano Bruno burned at the stake.
- Describing the average Orangeman as ‘the last thing in obscurantism, prejudice, and ignorance,’ he viewed the Order as the antithesis of an Irish Ireland citizenry.
- The intellectual, like the utopian, is constantly attacked for obscurantism.
- He was shot dead in open court, an early martyr in the struggle against obscurantism.
- At first liberalism rallied in the face of medieval obscurantism.
- The ideological dependence of bourgeois politics upon religious backwardness and obscurantism testifies to the bankruptcy and desperation of the ruling elites, and not only in the United States.
- The classics, it is generally agreed, are a repository of class vanity, racial prejudice and pedantic obscurantism.
- Or do you believe that obscurantism is all religion has to offer?
- Instead of succumbing to the forces of religious obscurantism, incompetence and repression, the region's Muslims are set to provide a template for modernist believers across the globe.
- I'm positively depressed with the levels of prejudice and obscurantism I've witnessed in modern day Scotland.
- Of course under some circumstances you find yourself skirting the edge of obscurantism.
- Today, the greatest ally of obscurantism is the spiritually empty economism of our prosperous liberal societies.
- They invite questions but also somehow avoid pretentiousness, obscurantism or any form of exclusivity.
- The choice isn't between prolonging an idyll and risking change, but between a belated attempt to secure a global niche and a decline into obscurantism likely to end in prolonged violence and general incapability.
- The ruling regime sustains itself through a combination of fear, prejudice and religious obscurantism.
- My theory is that her obscurantism is a revenge for the drooling nonsense recited about her by men, male directors especially.
- Eldword came to symbolize political obscurantism and right-wing extremism but was an exceptionally able lawyer and in private life good-natured, even-tempered, and affectionate, fond of a good story and good port.
- It is hoped that in their absence, other scientists will come forward to champion science against religious obscurantism before masses of people.
- The media has seized upon the long-anticipated death of the 84-year-old pontiff to subject the American public to a saturation bombardment of religious obscurantism and superstition.

Derivatives

obscurant

noun ˈɒbskjʊr(ə)ntˈɑbskjər(ə)nt

1A person who deliberately prevents the facts or full details of something from becoming known; an obscurantist.
蒙昧主义
he is no pious obscurant wishing for a return to the days when issues were never discussed
Example sentencesExamples
- To sit, stubborn and obscurant, and refuse to acknowledge the roots of politicised mass murder is inexcusable.
- ‘There is a long list of other projects, which only serve obscurants and divisive forces,’ the letter adds.
- We use them [white phosphorus munitions] primarily as obscurants, for smokescreens or target marking in some cases.
- smoke and other obscurants have been used in wars dating back to the ancient Greeks
2Something used to hinder visibility.

obscurantist

adjective ˌɒbskjʊəˈrantɪst

Deliberately preventing the facts or full details of something from becoming known.
蒙昧主义
an obscurantist agenda
obscurantist language

Origin

Mid 19th century: from earlier obscurant, denoting a person who obscures something, via German from Latin obscurant- 'making dark', from the verb obscurare.

Definition of obscurantism in US English:

obscurantism

noun

The practice of deliberately preventing the facts or full details of something from becoming known.
蒙昧主义
allegations in the Press about government obscurantism
Example sentencesExamples
- My theory is that her obscurantism is a revenge for the drooling nonsense recited about her by men, male directors especially.
- In the early years of the irreconcilable conflict between science and religious obscurantism, the head of the Roman Catholic Church could place Galileo under house arrest or have Giordano Bruno burned at the stake.
- It is hoped that in their absence, other scientists will come forward to champion science against religious obscurantism before masses of people.
- I'm positively depressed with the levels of prejudice and obscurantism I've witnessed in modern day Scotland.
- The ideological dependence of bourgeois politics upon religious backwardness and obscurantism testifies to the bankruptcy and desperation of the ruling elites, and not only in the United States.
- Of course under some circumstances you find yourself skirting the edge of obscurantism.
- The intellectual, like the utopian, is constantly attacked for obscurantism.
- Describing the average Orangeman as ‘the last thing in obscurantism, prejudice, and ignorance,’ he viewed the Order as the antithesis of an Irish Ireland citizenry.
- The ruling regime sustains itself through a combination of fear, prejudice and religious obscurantism.
- The media has seized upon the long-anticipated death of the 84-year-old pontiff to subject the American public to a saturation bombardment of religious obscurantism and superstition.
- Instead of succumbing to the forces of religious obscurantism, incompetence and repression, the region's Muslims are set to provide a template for modernist believers across the globe.
- Or do you believe that obscurantism is all religion has to offer?
- The choice isn't between prolonging an idyll and risking change, but between a belated attempt to secure a global niche and a decline into obscurantism likely to end in prolonged violence and general incapability.
- At first liberalism rallied in the face of medieval obscurantism.
- Today, the greatest ally of obscurantism is the spiritually empty economism of our prosperous liberal societies.
- The classics, it is generally agreed, are a repository of class vanity, racial prejudice and pedantic obscurantism.
- He was shot dead in open court, an early martyr in the struggle against obscurantism.
- They invite questions but also somehow avoid pretentiousness, obscurantism or any form of exclusivity.
- Eldword came to symbolize political obscurantism and right-wing extremism but was an exceptionally able lawyer and in private life good-natured, even-tempered, and affectionate, fond of a good story and good port.
- Our problem is becoming obscurantism, which is a deliberate hiding of the facts by vested interests who know they are injuring us.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from earlier obscurant, denoting a person who obscures something, via German from Latin obscurant- ‘making dark’, from the verb obscurare.

词汇	obscurantism
释义	Definition of obscurantism in English: obscurantism noun ˌɒbskjʊˈrantɪz(ə)m mass noun The practice of deliberately preventing the facts or full details of something from becoming known. 蒙昧主义 allegations in the Press about government obscurantism Example sentencesExamples Our problem is becoming obscurantism, which is a deliberate hiding of the facts by vested interests who know they are injuring us. In the early years of the irreconcilable conflict between science and religious obscurantism, the head of the Roman Catholic Church could place Galileo under house arrest or have Giordano Bruno burned at the stake. Describing the average Orangeman as ‘the last thing in obscurantism, prejudice, and ignorance,’ he viewed the Order as the antithesis of an Irish Ireland citizenry. The intellectual, like the utopian, is constantly attacked for obscurantism. He was shot dead in open court, an early martyr in the struggle against obscurantism. At first liberalism rallied in the face of medieval obscurantism. The ideological dependence of bourgeois politics upon religious backwardness and obscurantism testifies to the bankruptcy and desperation of the ruling elites, and not only in the United States. The classics, it is generally agreed, are a repository of class vanity, racial prejudice and pedantic obscurantism. Or do you believe that obscurantism is all religion has to offer? Instead of succumbing to the forces of religious obscurantism, incompetence and repression, the region's Muslims are set to provide a template for modernist believers across the globe. I'm positively depressed with the levels of prejudice and obscurantism I've witnessed in modern day Scotland. Of course under some circumstances you find yourself skirting the edge of obscurantism. Today, the greatest ally of obscurantism is the spiritually empty economism of our prosperous liberal societies. They invite questions but also somehow avoid pretentiousness, obscurantism or any form of exclusivity. The choice isn't between prolonging an idyll and risking change, but between a belated attempt to secure a global niche and a decline into obscurantism likely to end in prolonged violence and general incapability. The ruling regime sustains itself through a combination of fear, prejudice and religious obscurantism. My theory is that her obscurantism is a revenge for the drooling nonsense recited about her by men, male directors especially. Eldword came to symbolize political obscurantism and right-wing extremism but was an exceptionally able lawyer and in private life good-natured, even-tempered, and affectionate, fond of a good story and good port. It is hoped that in their absence, other scientists will come forward to champion science against religious obscurantism before masses of people. The media has seized upon the long-anticipated death of the 84-year-old pontiff to subject the American public to a saturation bombardment of religious obscurantism and superstition. Derivatives obscurant noun ˈɒbskjʊr(ə)ntˈɑbskjər(ə)nt 1A person who deliberately prevents the facts or full details of something from becoming known; an obscurantist. 蒙昧主义 he is no pious obscurant wishing for a return to the days when issues were never discussed Example sentencesExamples To sit, stubborn and obscurant, and refuse to acknowledge the roots of politicised mass murder is inexcusable. ‘There is a long list of other projects, which only serve obscurants and divisive forces,’ the letter adds. We use them [white phosphorus munitions] primarily as obscurants, for smokescreens or target marking in some cases. smoke and other obscurants have been used in wars dating back to the ancient Greeks 2Something used to hinder visibility. obscurantist adjective ˌɒbskjʊəˈrantɪst Deliberately preventing the facts or full details of something from becoming known. 蒙昧主义 an obscurantist agenda obscurantist language Origin Mid 19th century: from earlier obscurant, denoting a person who obscures something, via German from Latin obscurant- 'making dark', from the verb obscurare. Definition of obscurantism in US English: obscurantism noun The practice of deliberately preventing the facts or full details of something from becoming known. 蒙昧主义 allegations in the Press about government obscurantism Example sentencesExamples My theory is that her obscurantism is a revenge for the drooling nonsense recited about her by men, male directors especially. In the early years of the irreconcilable conflict between science and religious obscurantism, the head of the Roman Catholic Church could place Galileo under house arrest or have Giordano Bruno burned at the stake. It is hoped that in their absence, other scientists will come forward to champion science against religious obscurantism before masses of people. I'm positively depressed with the levels of prejudice and obscurantism I've witnessed in modern day Scotland. The ideological dependence of bourgeois politics upon religious backwardness and obscurantism testifies to the bankruptcy and desperation of the ruling elites, and not only in the United States. Of course under some circumstances you find yourself skirting the edge of obscurantism. The intellectual, like the utopian, is constantly attacked for obscurantism. Describing the average Orangeman as ‘the last thing in obscurantism, prejudice, and ignorance,’ he viewed the Order as the antithesis of an Irish Ireland citizenry. The ruling regime sustains itself through a combination of fear, prejudice and religious obscurantism. The media has seized upon the long-anticipated death of the 84-year-old pontiff to subject the American public to a saturation bombardment of religious obscurantism and superstition. Instead of succumbing to the forces of religious obscurantism, incompetence and repression, the region's Muslims are set to provide a template for modernist believers across the globe. Or do you believe that obscurantism is all religion has to offer? The choice isn't between prolonging an idyll and risking change, but between a belated attempt to secure a global niche and a decline into obscurantism likely to end in prolonged violence and general incapability. At first liberalism rallied in the face of medieval obscurantism. Today, the greatest ally of obscurantism is the spiritually empty economism of our prosperous liberal societies. The classics, it is generally agreed, are a repository of class vanity, racial prejudice and pedantic obscurantism. He was shot dead in open court, an early martyr in the struggle against obscurantism. They invite questions but also somehow avoid pretentiousness, obscurantism or any form of exclusivity. Eldword came to symbolize political obscurantism and right-wing extremism but was an exceptionally able lawyer and in private life good-natured, even-tempered, and affectionate, fond of a good story and good port. Our problem is becoming obscurantism, which is a deliberate hiding of the facts by vested interests who know they are injuring us. Origin Mid 19th century: from earlier obscurant, denoting a person who obscures something, via German from Latin obscurant- ‘making dark’, from the verb obscurare.
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