# obscurantism

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A state of opposition to human progress or enlightenment.
2. Deliberate obscurity or vagueness.

## Etymology
From Latin obscūrans, from obscūrō (“to cover, darken, obscure”) + -ism.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/obscurantism