obscurantist
pronunciation
How to pronounce obscurantist in British English:
UK [ˌɒbskjʊ'ræntɪst]
How to pronounce obscurantist in American English:
US [ˌɒbskjʊ'ræntɪst]
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- Noun:
- a person who is deliberately vague
Word Origin
- obscurantist (n.)
- 1841; see obscurantism + -ist.
Example
- 1. Today many serve on the faculties of the most prestigious universities , and more often than not the theist seems to be the obscurantist .
- 2. Even more importantly , the world which those responsible for the uprisings throughout the arab world are trying to construct for themselves looks nothing like the dark , obscurantist vision of bin laden and his core followers .
- 3. Along with the obscurantist language , bribe-taking culture around the world often involves the avoidance of physically handing the money from one person to another .
- 4. Paul keating , a former labor prime minister , says they have killed the party 's moral authority with " obscurantist neanderthal views " and " sicko populism " .
- 5. Certainly the chinese leadership have done nothing to improve their image , with the usual classic communist obscurantist stuff about any internationally validated monitoring being an " infringement of sovereignty " . In other words , take our word for it or sod off .