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obscurantism

noun

Etymology

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

  1. derived from obscūrans

Definitions

  1. A state of opposition to human progress or enlightenment.

  2. Deliberate obscurity or vagueness.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for obscurantism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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