Antonyms for obscurantism

Grammar : Noun

Spell : uh b-skyoo r-uh n-tiz-uh m, ob-skyoo-ran-tiz-uh m

Phonetic Transcription : əbˈskyʊər ənˌtɪz əm, ˌɒb skyʊˈræn tɪz əm

Definition of obscurantism

Origin : "opposition to enlightenment," 1834, from German obscurantismus (18c.); see obscurant + -ism.

As in reaction : noun political conservativism

Example sentences :

For simply differing from the obscurantism of his age, and having opinions of his own.
Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards

Obscurantism is better than the light of incendiary torches.
Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad

Its greatest crime was obscurantism, which was war on knowledge and civilization.
Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner

In the East the harem is, as Vambéry well says, the "bulwark of obscurantism."
Extract from : « The New World of Islam » by Lothrop Stoddard

In a certain sense every form of responsibility is obscurantism.
Extract from : « Suspended Judgments » by John Cowper Powys

Deist or Gallican, he was a confirmed enemy of obscurantism in all its forms.
Extract from : « The Marquis D'Argenson: A Study in Criticism » by Arthur Ogle

In Germany, as elsewhere, the victory of the Papacy was the victory of obscurantism.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 » by Various

Likewise there is nothing of obscurantism or affected mysticism about it.
Extract from : « The Ego and His Own » by Max Stirner

It is not only theologians who have, in the history of thought, been guilty of obscurantism.
Extract from : « Religion and Science » by John Charlton Hardwick

Now we say advisedly “primitive gods,” and this with no intention of obscurantism.
Extract from : « Ancient Art and Ritual » by Jane Ellen Harrison

Synonyms for obscurantism

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