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obscurantisme

French → English

noun//ɔp.sky.ʁɑ̃.tism//

(ideology) Obscurantism: the practice of deliberately preventing the spread of knowledge or enlightenment

Les philosophes des Lumières luttaient contre l'obscurantisme religieux de leur époque.

(English) Enlightenment philosophers fought against the religious obscurantism of their era.

Censure et propagande sont les outils préférés de l'obscurantisme politique.

(English) Censorship and propaganda are the preferred tools of political obscurantism.

Entry ID: fr:en:obscurantisme · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary