obscurants

/AH0 B S K Y UH1 R AH0 N T S/
noun
  1. 1

    One who acts to confound or obfuscate; an obscurantist.

  2. 2

    A person who seeks to prevent or hinder enquiry and the advancement of knowledge or wisdom; an agent of endarkenment.

  3. 3

    An opposer of lucidity and transparency in the political and intellectual spheres.

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