obscurantist

Variant of obscurantism

obscurantism definition

ob·scur·ant·ism (äb skyo̵or′ən tiz′əm, əb-)

noun

  1. opposition to human progress or enlightenment
  2. the practice of being deliberately obscure or vague

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