How to pronounce “obscurant”

Meaning

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

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