Associations to the word «Obscurantism»

Wiktionary

OBSCURANTISM, noun. A state of opposition to human progress or enlightenment.
OBSCURANTISM, noun. Deliberate obscurity or vagueness.

Dictionary definition

OBSCURANTISM, noun. A policy of opposition to enlightenment or the spread of knowledge.
OBSCURANTISM, noun. A deliberate act intended to make something obscure.

Wise words

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates