obscurantism

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

obscurantism
    n 1: a policy of opposition to enlightenment or the spread of
         knowledge
    2: a deliberate act intended to make something obscure

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Obscurantism \Ob*scur"ant*ism\, n.
   The system or the principles of the obscurants. --C.
   Kingsley.
   [1913 Webster]

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