different between obscurity vs obscurantism

English

Etymology

From Middle French obscurité, from Latin obsc?rit?s; synchronically analyzable as obscure +? -ity

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b?skj????ti/, /?b?skj????ti/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b?skj???ti/, /?b?skj??ti/
• Hyphenation: ob?scur?ity

Noun

obscurity (countable and uncountable, plural obscurities)

1. (literary) Darkness; the absence of light.
   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 24

     I walked in, and Stroeve followed me. The room was in darkness. I could only see that it was an attic, with a sloping roof; and a faint glimmer, no more than a less profound obscurity, came from a skylight.

2. The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown.
3. The quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is difficult to understand.

Synonyms

• (the state of being unknown): unknownness

Antonyms

• (the state of being known): fame
• (the state of being clear): clarity

Related terms

• obscure

Translations

English

Etymology

From Latin obsc?rans, present participle of obsc?r? (“cover, darken, obscure”) +? -ism.

Noun

obscurantism (countable and uncountable, plural obscurantisms)

1. A state of opposition to human progress or enlightenment.
2. Deliberate obscurity or vagueness.

Related terms

• obscurantist
• obscuration
• obscure
• obscurity

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French obscurantisme.

Noun

obscurantism n (uncountable)

1. obscurantism

Declension

Related terms

• obscur
• obscurantist
• obscuritate