obscurantism /əbˈskyo͝orənˌtizəm äbˈskyo͝orənˌtizəm ˌäbskyəˈranˌtizəm/ I. noun the practice of deliberately preventing the facts or full details of something from becoming known. II. derivatives 1. obscurant /ˈäbskyərənt / noun, adjective 2. obscurantist /əbˈskyo͝orəntəst äbˈskyo͝orəntəst ˌäbskyəˈrantəst / noun, adjective – origin mid 19th cent.: from earlier obscurant, denoting a person who obscures something, via German from Latin obscurant- ‘making dark,’ from the verb obscurare.
