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obscurant
/ əbˈskjʊərənt /
noun
- an opposer of reform and enlightenment
adjective
- of or relating to an obscurant
- causing obscurity
Derived Forms
- ˌobscuˈrantism, noun
- ˌobscuˈrantist, nounadjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of obscurant1
Example Sentences
“It’s also unclear if the Saudis are using the WP as an obscurant in a smoke screen, for marking or signaling, or for antipersonnel/anti-materiel effect,” he added.
Europe, whole and united, was the way of the future, and you were a nationalist obscurant if you believed otherwise.
“This isn’t just smoke or chaff, this is a high tech obscurant, which can be effective against an array of missile homing systems,” said Antonio Siordia, U.S.
In this regard, his art can feel almost Victorian, a sensibility America still doesn’t understand, which may explain arguments that Mr. Johns’s work is obscurant and repressed.
Moore, whose work was accused of being obscurant, tried to make it more topical and accessible, in the process tapping a vein of sentimentality she had long suppressed.
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