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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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Feverishly he followed in periodicals the Dadaist movements and schisms, the strangely feminine jealousies and religiousness, the obscurantisms of the forming and breaking schools.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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