Main Entry:

ob·scu·ran·tism

Pronunciation:

\äb-ˈskyu̇r-ən-ˌti-zəm, əb-; ˌäb-skyu̇-ˈran-\

Function:

noun

Date:

1834

1: opposition to the spread of knowledge : a policy of withholding knowledge from the general public2 a: a style (as in literature or art) characterized by deliberate vagueness or abstruseness b: an act or instance of obscurantism

— ob·scu·ran·tist \-ən-tist, -ˈran-tist\ noun or adjective