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Encyclopedia: Obscurantism
Obscurantism (from the Latin obscurans, "darkening") is the practice of deliberately preventing the facts or full details of something from becoming known. There are two common senses of this: (1) opp...
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Definition of obscurantism from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. Learn more about "obscurantism" and related topics at Britannica.com...
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With the entry of Avigdor Lieberman into the government as deputy minister for “strategic threats” – essentially in charge of preparing for war with Iran – Israel makes a qualitative step toward a regime that increasingly resembles, Lieberman’s views are notoriously racist, Read more by Justin Raimondo...
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/əbˈskyʊər ənˌtɪz əm, ˌɒb skyʊˈræn tɪz əm/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [uh b-skyoo r-uh n-tiz-uh m, ob-skyoo-ran-tiz-uh m] Show IPA. Use obscurantism in a...
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Definition of obscurantism in the Online Dictionary. Meaning of obscurantism. Pronunciation of obscurantism. Translations of obscurantism. obscurantism synonyms, obscurantism antonyms. Information about obscurantism in the free online English dictionary and encyclopedia. 1. The principles or practice of obscurants.
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Postmodern Philosophers' Abuse of Science | -- Fashionable Nonsense in the United States -- is a follow-up to a parody by Sokal of postmodern handling of science, published unwittingly by the journal Social Text... (The appendices include that parody, For those who understand these topics well enough, the quotations they...
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Obscurantism: The principles or practice of obscurants.
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Oct 8, 2009 Obscurantism, also known as the politico-economic effect of trihydrostatic integration on ursine urine and technical terminology,
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Sesquipedalian n. One who is inordinately infatuated with polysyllabic obfuscation, preferring never to employ a less complicated syntactic arrangement of descriptive words when there exists a single expressive unit that amalgamates the multiplicity of morphemes1 (HYM) Sesquipedalian Obscurantism Apr 30, 2004...
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Regarding a combative tone that has made him famous in Italy, Allam wrote: "Over the years my spirit has been freed from the obscurantism of an ideology that legitimises lies and deception, violent death that leads to homicide and suicide, blind submission to tyranny."
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