Usually means: Deliberate withholding of knowledge, information.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word obscurantism:

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  1. obscurantism: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. obscurantism: Merriam-Webster
  3. obscurantism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. obscurantism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. obscurantism: Collins English Dictionary
  6. obscurantism: Vocabulary.com
  7. obscurantism: Wordnik
  8. obscurantism: Wiktionary
  9. obscurantism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. obscurantism: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. obscurantism: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Obscurantism, obscurantism: Dictionary.com
  13. Obscurantism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Obscurantism: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. obscurantism: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. obscurantism: Rhymezone
  17. Obscurantism: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. obscurantism: FreeDictionary.org
  19. obscurantism: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  20. obscurantism: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. obscurantism: TheFreeDictionary.com

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Irivng Hexham's Concise Dictionary of Religion (No longer online)

(Note: See obscurantisms as well.)

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noun:  A state of opposition to human progress or enlightenment.
noun:  Deliberate obscurity or vagueness.

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