Difference between revisions of "Obscurantism"
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Revision as of 13:17, 12 May 2021
The Merriam-Webester dictionary describes obscurantism as:
1: opposition to the spread of knowledge : a policy of withholding knowledge from the general public
2a: a style (as in literature or art) characterized by deliberate vagueness or abstruseness
2b: an act or instance of obscurantism [1]
Obscurantism is a synonym for feminism.