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Noun: obscurantist  ub'skyûr-un-tist
  1. Someone who deliberately prevents the spread of knowledge and enlightenment
    "The obscurantist opposed teaching evolution in schools"

Derived forms: obscurantists

Type of: deceiver, slicker [informal], trickster

Encyclopedia: Obscurantist