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obscurant

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ob⋅scu⋅rant

  [uhb-skyoor-uhnt]
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–noun
1. a person who strives to prevent the increase and spread of knowledge.
2. a person who obscures.
–adjective
3. pertaining to or characteristic of obscurants.
4. tending to make obscure.
Origin:
1790–1800; < L obscūrant- (s. of obscūrāns, prp. of obscūrāre), equiv. to obscūr(us) dark + -ant- -ant
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ob·scur·ant   (ŏb-skyŏŏr'ənt, əb-)   
n.  One who opposes intellectual advancement and political reform.
adj.  

  1. Characterized by opposition to intellectual advancement and political reform.

  2. Tending to make obscure: an obscurant bank of clouds.

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