obscurant

  1. Adjective.  Acting or tending to confound, obfuscate, or obscure.
  2. Adjective.  Typical of or pertaining to obscurants; obscurantic; obscurantistic.
  3. Noun.  One who acts to confound or obfuscate; an obscurantist.
  4. Noun.  A person who seeks to prevent or hinder enquiry and the advancement of knowledge or wisdom; an agent of endarkenment.
  5. Noun.  An opposer of lucidity and transparency in the political and intellectual spheres.

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