Thursday, September 23, 2004

WOD: Obscurantism

Meaning of OBSCURANTISM
Pronunciation: ub'skyûrun`tizum

WordNet Dictionary

Definition: [n] a deliberate act intended to make something obscure
[n] a policy of opposition to enlightenment or the spread of knowledge


See Also: deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation, policy

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Definition: \Ob*scur"ant*ism\, n.
The system or the principles of the obscurants. --C.
Kingsley.

Oh, you mean like this supposed explanation of this. Actually, I think I'll now be better able to handle post-modernist jargon than I was before I read it. It's not complete gibberish.

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