Definition of "obscurantism" []

• The principles or practice of obscurants. (noun)
• A policy of withholding information from the public. (noun)
• A style in art and literature characterized by deliberate vagueness or obliqueness. (noun)
• An example or instance of this style. (noun)

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• "Instead, our problem is becoming obscurantism, which is a deliberate hiding of the facts by vested interests who know they are injuring us."
• "Мракобесие is usually rendered as obscurantism, which isn't always a satisfying translation."
• "Economists strangely seem even more prone to this kind of obscurantism than the rest of the world."