obscurantisticadj.
/ˌɒbskjᵿrənˈtɪstɪk/, U.S. /əbˌskjʊrənˈtɪstɪk/, /ɑbˌskjʊrənˈtɪstɪk/ = obscurantist adj.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > intellectual ignorance > [adjective] > opposed to enlightenment
obscurantist1848
oscurantista1850
obscurantic1911
mandarin1916
obscurantistic1934
1934 Amer. Speech 9 278/1 The moralists..are in reality ensuring that the minds of the young will develop into the same welter of obscurantistic obsessions as their own.
1941 F. Matthiessen Amer. Renaissance xiv. iv. 653 Where Hawthorne's criticism runs no risk of being obscurantistic is in his portrait of Hollingsworth.
1999 Hindu (Nexis) 10 Aug. The book might appear mysterious and obscurantistic to anyone but a Devi Upasaka.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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