obscurant

Significado (Inglés)

Adj

1. Acting or tending to confound, obfuscate, or obscure.
2. Typical of or pertaining to obscurants; obscurantic; obscurantistic.

Noun

1. One who acts to confound or obfuscate; an obscurantist.
2. A person who seeks to prevent or hinder enquiry and the advancement of knowledge or wisdom; an agent of endarkenment.
3. An opposer of lucidity and transparency in the political and intellectual spheres.

Traducciones

oscurantista

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Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɒbˈskjʊəɹənt/

Etimología (Inglés)

Entering English circa 1793–1799: From German Obskurant and French obscurant, from classical Latin obscūrant-, stem of obscūrāns, present participle of obscūrāre (“to obscure”), from obscūrus (“dark”).