obscurantist

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Definition of obscurantist

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noun

A practitioner of obscurantism; an obscurant.

“Aeschylus is not of design an obscurantist, but […] he distorts or omits facts.”
“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.”
“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.”

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noun

A practitioner of obscurantism; an obscurant.

“Aeschylus is not of design an obscurantist, but […] he distorts or omits facts.”
“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.”
“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.”

adj

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From obscurant + -ist.

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