obscurantism

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

obscurantism (countable and uncountable, plural obscurantisms)

1. A state of opposition to human progress or enlightenment.
2. Deliberate obscurity or vagueness.

Related terms

• obscurantist
• obscuration
• obscure
• obscurity

Translations

state of opposition to progress

• Azerbaijani: cəhalətpərəstlik
• Belarusian: цемрашальства n (cjemrašalʹstva), рэакцыйнасць f (reakcyjnascʹ)
• Bulgarian: мракобесие (bg) n (mrakobesie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蒙昧主義 / 蒙昧主义 (zh) (méngmèizhǔyì), 愚民政策 (zh) (yúmín zhèngcè)

• Finnish: obskurantismi (fi)
• French: obscurantisme (fr) m
• Greek: σκοταδισμός (el) m (skotadismós)
• Hungarian: obskurantizmus
• Portuguese: obscurantismo (pt) m
• Russian: мракобесие (ru) (mrakobesije), реакционность (ru) f (reakcionnostʹ)
• Swedish: obskurantism (sv) c, bildningsfientlighet c
• Ukrainian: мракобі́сся n (mrakobíssja), обскуранти́зм m (obskurantýzm)

deliberate obscurity or vagueness

• Catalan: obscurantisme m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蒙昧主義 / 蒙昧主义 (zh) (méngmèizhǔyì), 愚民政策 (zh) (yúmín zhèngcè)

• Czech: obskurantismus m
• Finnish: epämääräisyys (fi), kiertely (fi)
• French: obscurantisme (fr) m
• German: Obskurantismus m
• Greek: σκοταδισμός (el) m (skotadismós)
• Hungarian: obskurantizmus
• Japanese: 蒙昧主義 (もうまいしゅぎ, mōmaishugi)
• Portuguese: obscurantismo (pt) m
• Romanian: obscurantism (ro) n
• Russian: обскуранти́зм (ru) m (obskurantízm), мракобе́сие (ru) n (mrakobésije)
• Spanish: oscurantismo (es) m, obscurantismo (es) m
• Ukrainian: обскуранти́зм m (obskurantýzm)

See also

• agnotology

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French obscurantisme.

Noun

obscurantism n (uncountable)

1. obscurantism

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	obscurantism	obscurantismul
genitive-dative	obscurantism	obscurantismului
vocative	obscurantismule

Related terms

• obscur
• obscurantist
• obscuritate