obscurantist
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Clement’s prophecies over the years, Bartholomew explained, were “often expressed in a vague and obscurantist way,” but “Trump does not appear to have been a figure of particular interest.”
From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2026
There’s a 2022 documentary called “Lynch/Oz” that ruminates on the ties between the befuddling obscurantist and the eternal blockbuster.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025
The course instructor, Daniel Gabriel, a young poet, found her student verse, as he told Spiegelman, “overwritten, obscurantist and difficult.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2023
Even his most devoted followers sometimes wonder whether his obscurantist tweets are serious or are made in jest.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2022
Yet the University, as a whole, stood slightly aloof from him, and before long in certain obscurantist circles cautious hints of latitudinarianism were murmured against him.
From Fray Luis de León A Biographical Fragment by James Fitzmaurice-Kelly
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