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obscurantism

[uhb-skyoor-uhn-tiz-uhm, ob-skyoo-ran-tiz-uhm] / əbˈskjʊər ənˌtɪz əm, ˌɒb skjʊˈræn tɪz əm /
NOUN
withholding knowledge; deliberate obscuration
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The current show is dominated by new, thrusting, pillar-like sculptures, which Nagare labels with obscurantic titles like Time and Motion.

From Time Magazine Archive

This last was a clincher and the obscurantic antisalts received the deathblow they richly deserved.

From Greener Than You Think by Moore, Ward

But, though I have detected and removed these two pages of irrelevance, I foresee that unessential and therefore obscurantic matter will creep in.

From The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography by Dawson, A. J. (Alec John)




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