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OBSCURANTIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does obscurantist mean?
• OBSCURANTIST (noun)
The noun OBSCURANTIST has 1 sense:
1. a person who is deliberately vague
Familiarity information: OBSCURANTIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who is deliberately vague
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("obscurantist" is a kind of...):
beguiler; cheat; cheater; deceiver; slicker; trickster (someone who leads you to believe something that is not true)
Derivation:
obscurantism (a deliberate act intended to make something obscure)
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