obscurantism

obscurantism
[ˌɒbskjʊˈrantɪz(ə)m]
noun
  1. [mass noun]the practice of deliberately preventing the facts or full details of something from becoming known
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obscurant
( & )
noun& adjective
obscurantist
( & )
noun& adjective
语源
  1. mid 19th cent.: from earlier obscurant, denoting a person who obscures something, via German from Latin obscurant- 'making dark', from the verb obscurare
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