obscurantist

English

Etymology

obscurant +‎ -ist

Noun

obscurantist (plural obscurantists)

1. A practitioner of obscurantism; an obscurant.
   • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 180:

     The ego thinks that his local time and space is all there is to reality, and that the busy affairs of state and trade are more important than a lot of obscurantist hocus-pocus.

   • 2021 February 2, Katharine Murphy, The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Muzzling Kelly also elevates a semi-professional obscurantist to the status of free speech martyr, and that invites a cacophonous pile-on from the rightwing bobble heads who screech about the left’s obsession with identity politics while shovelling identity politics at their audiences.

Derived terms

• obscurantistic

Adjective

obscurantist (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to obscurantism.

   Synonym: obscurantistic

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: obskurantistinen
• German: obskurantistisch
• Polish: obskurancki (pl)
• Romanian: obscurantist (ro)

Anagrams

• substraction, subtractions

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French obscurantiste.

Noun

obscurantist m (plural obscutantiști)

1. obscurantist

Declension

Declension of obscurantist

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) obscurantist	obscurantistul	(niște) obscutantiști	obscutantiștii
genitive/dative	(unui) obscurantist	obscurantistului	(unor) obscutantiști	obscutantiștilor
vocative	obscurantistule		obscutantiștilor