Usually means: Hiding knowledge, information deliberately withheld.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word obscurant:

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  1. obscurant: Merriam-Webster
  2. obscurant: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. obscurant: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. obscurant: Collins English Dictionary
  5. obscurant: Wordnik
  6. obscurant: Wiktionary
  7. obscurant: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. obscurant: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Obscurant, obscurant: Dictionary.com
  10. Obscurant: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. obscurant: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. obscurant: Rhymezone
  13. Obscurant: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. obscurant: FreeDictionary.org
  15. obscurant: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. obscurant: Wordcraft Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Space and Electronic Warfare Lexicon (No longer online)

(Note: See obscurants as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (obscurant)

adjective:  Acting or tending to confound, obfuscate, or obscure.
adjective:  Typical of or pertaining to obscurants; obscurantic; obscurantistic.
noun:  One who acts to confound or obfuscate; an obscurantist.
noun:  A person who seeks to prevent or hinder enquiry and the advancement of knowledge or wisdom; an agent of endarkenment.
noun:  An opposer of lucidity and transparency in the political and intellectual spheres.

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