obscurantism

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From Latin obscūrans, from obscūrō (“to cover, darken, obscure”) + -ism.

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: cəhalətpərəstlik — state of opposition to progress
• Belarusian: цемрашальства (cjemrašalʹstva) — state of opposition to progress
• Belarusian: рэакцыйнасць (reakcyjnascʹ) — state of opposition to progress
• Bulgarian: мракобесие (mrakobesie) — state of opposition to progress
• Chinese Mandarin: 蒙昧主義 /蒙昧主义 (méngmèizhǔyì) — state of opposition to progress
• Chinese Mandarin: 愚民政策 (yúmín zhèngcè) — state of opposition to progress
• Finnish: obskurantismi — state of opposition to progress
• French: obscurantisme — state of opposition to progress
• Greek: σκοταδισμός (skotadismós) — state of opposition to progress
• Hungarian: obskurantizmus — state of opposition to progress
• Portuguese: obscurantismo — state of opposition to progress
• Russian: мракобесие (mrakobesije) — state of opposition to progress
• Russian: реакционность (reakcionnostʹ) — state of opposition to progress
• Swedish: obskurantism — state of opposition to progress
• Swedish: bildningsfientlighet — state of opposition to progress
• Ukrainian: мракобі́сся (mrakobíssja) — state of opposition to progress
• Ukrainian: обскуранти́зм (obskurantýzm) — state of opposition to progress
• Catalan: obscurantisme — deliberate obscurity or vagueness
• Chinese Mandarin: 蒙昧主義 /蒙昧主义 (méngmèizhǔyì) — deliberate obscurity or vagueness
• Chinese Mandarin: 愚民政策 (yúmín zhèngcè) — deliberate obscurity or vagueness
• Czech: obskurantismus — deliberate obscurity or vagueness
• Finnish: epämääräisyys — deliberate obscurity or vagueness
• Finnish: kiertely — deliberate obscurity or vagueness
• French: obscurantisme — deliberate obscurity or vagueness
• German: Obskurantismus — deliberate obscurity or vagueness
• Greek: σκοταδισμός (skotadismós) — deliberate obscurity or vagueness
• Hungarian: obskurantizmus — deliberate obscurity or vagueness
• Japanese: 蒙昧主義 (mōmaishugi) — deliberate obscurity or vagueness
• Portuguese: obscurantismo — deliberate obscurity or vagueness
• Romanian: obscurantism — deliberate obscurity or vagueness
• Russian: обскуранти́зм (obskurantízm) — deliberate obscurity or vagueness
• Russian: мракобе́сие (mrakobésije) — deliberate obscurity or vagueness
• Spanish: oscurantismo — deliberate obscurity or vagueness
• Spanish: obscurantismo — deliberate obscurity or vagueness
• Ukrainian: обскуранти́зм (obskurantýzm) — deliberate obscurity or vagueness