Obscurantism

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Obscurantism \Ob*scur"ant*ism\, n.
     The system or the principles of the obscurants. --C.
     Kingsley.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  obscurantism
       n 1: a policy of opposition to enlightenment or the spread of
            knowledge
       2: a deliberate act intended to make something obscure