Associations to the word «Obscurant»

Wiktionary

OBSCURANT, adjective. Acting or tending to confound, obfuscate, or obscure.
OBSCURANT, adjective. Typical of or pertaining to obscurants; obscurantic; obscurantistic.
OBSCURANT, noun. One who acts to confound or obfuscate; an obscurantist.
OBSCURANT, noun. A person who seeks to prevent or hinder enquiry and the advancement of knowledge or wisdom; an agent of endarkenment.
OBSCURANT, noun. An opposer of lucidity and transparency in the political and intellectual spheres.

Wise words

Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power.
Amy Tan