obscurantism

English Thesaurus

1. a deliberate act intended to make something obscure (noun.act)

hypernym	:	deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation,
definition	:	the act of deceiving (noun.act)

2. a policy of opposition to enlightenment or the spread of knowledge (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	policy,
definition	:	a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group (noun.cognition)

3. a deliberate act intended to make something obscure (noun.act)

derivation	:	obscurantist,
definition	:	a person who is deliberately vague (noun.person)

derivation	:	obscurantist,
definition	:	a person who is deliberately vague (noun.person)