obscurantist

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Clement’s prophecies over the years, Bartholomew explained, were “often expressed in a vague and obscurantist way,” but “Trump does not appear to have been a figure of particular interest.”

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

There’s a 2022 documentary called “Lynch/Oz” that ruminates on the ties between the befuddling obscurantist and the eternal blockbuster.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

The course instructor, Daniel Gabriel, a young poet, found her student verse, as he told Spiegelman, “overwritten, obscurantist and difficult.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2023

Even his most devoted followers sometimes wonder whether his obscurantist tweets are serious or are made in jest.

From New York Times • May 10, 2022

It is the reply of the obscurantist, and it is very surprising that Maimonides the rationalist should so far have forgotten his own ideal of reason and enlightenment.

From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Husik, Isaac