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Word: Obscurantism
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century: from earlier obscurant, denoting a person who obscures something, via German from Latin obscurant- ‘making dark’, from the verb obscurare
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌɒbskjʊˈrantɪz(ə)m
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the practice of deliberately preventing the facts or full details of something from becoming known
Short Definition:practice of deliberately preventing facts or full details of something from becoming known
Examples:- I've been accused of obscurantism and wilful misdirection
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