obscurantisme
French, noun/ɔp.sky.ʁɑ̃.tism/
obscurantisme is spelled O-B-S-C-U-R-A-N-T-I-S-M-E (13 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written French, the 31,386th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obscurantisme is a French masculine noun meaning “obscurantism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Attitude des penseurs et des prédicateurs à qui l’on reproche de s’opposer au progrès de la raison et des…”.
What does obscurantisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineobscurantism
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Attitude des penseurs et des prédicateurs à qui l’on reproche de s’opposer au progrès de la raison et des lumières, dans le domaine scientifique, dans les questions de morale, et dans la vie de tous les jours, parce qu’ils prétendent maintenir et imposer coûte que coûte des préjugés et des croyances d’un autre âge.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of obscurantisme
- obscurantismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce obscurantisme?
- /ɔp.sky.ʁɑ̃.tism/
- /ɔp.sky.ʁɑ̃.tizm/
- \ɔb.sky.ʁɑ̃.tism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to obscurantisme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is obscurantisme in French?
obscurantisme appears 1.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).