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Definition of: obscurant
(əb·sky
r′ənt) noun
One who obscures; specifically, one who opposes education, popular enlightenment, and freedom of thought. Also ob·scur′ant·ist. [<G obskurant <L obscurans, -antis, ppr. of obscurare darken]
—ob·scur′ant·ism noun
—ob·scu·ra·tion (ob′skyə·rā′shən) noun
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