obscurantism - 옵스큐런티즘.
어원 . 독일어 Obscurantismus 옵스쿠란티스무스. 라틴어 obscurant 옵스쿠란트. 어둡게 하다, 가리다, 아는 것을 감추다 (덮다)
(대중들에게) 지식확산 반대. 반-계몽주의
문학,예술에서. 일부러 흐릿하게, 불분명하게, 혹은 추상적으로 만드는 양식, 문체.
noun
ob·scu·ran·tism äb-ˈskyu̇r-ən-ˌti-zəm əb-; ˌäb-skyu̇-ˈran-
1
: opposition to the spread of knowledge : a policy of withholding knowledge from the general public
2
a
: a style (as in literature or art) characterized by deliberate vagueness or abstruseness
b
: an act or instance of obscurantism
obscurantist
äb-ˈskyu̇r-ən-tist
əb-
;
ˌäb-skyu̇-ˈran-tist
noun or adjective
Examples of obscurantism in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
The authors, three legal academics and a celebrated economist, charge that the eurozone’s technocratic obscurantism and self-defeating tendency toward austerity exacerbate inequality, right-wing populism, and Euroskepticism.
—Andrew Moravcsik, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2019
For 33 years, Salman Rushdie has embodied freedom and the fight against obscurantism.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2022
Of course this institutionalized flight toward obscurantism is not limited to Jews.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 29 Jan. 2013
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Word History
Etymology
borrowed from German Obscurantismus or French obscurantisme, from Latin obscūrant-, obscūrans, present participle of obscūrāre "to darken, eclipse, conceal from knowledge" + German -ismus, French -isme -ISM — more at OBSCURE entry 2
어원 . 독일어 Obscurantismus 옵스쿠란티스무스. 라틴어 obscurant 옵스쿠란트. 어둡게 하다, 가리다, 아는 것을 감추다 (덮다)
First Known Use
1834, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of obscurantism was in 1834
See more words from the same year.
Karl Marx calls Adolph Wagner an obscurantist.
