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obscurantism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.66 in modern English

Syllables
ob-scu-ran-tism
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A state of opposition to human progress or enlightenment.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Deliberate obscurity or vagueness.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin obscūrans, from obscūrō (“to cover, darken, obscure”) + -ism.

Usage

Inflected Forms

obscurantisms (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

obscurantist obscuration obscure obscurity agnotology

Questions

What does obscurantism mean?
A state of opposition to human progress or enlightenment.
Where does obscurantism come from?
From Latin obscūrans, from obscūrō (“to cover, darken, obscure”) + -ism.

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