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Meaning of "obscurantic" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OBSCURANTIC

ˌɒbskjʊˈræntɪk


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OBSCURANTIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Obscurantic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OBSCURANTIC

antic · antick · anticke · Atlantic · cantic · frantic · geomantic · gigantic · hydromantic · mantic · necromantic · pedantic · romantic · semantic · spodomantic · sycophantic · transatlantic · unromantic · Vedantic · xerantic

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OBSCURANTIC

obs · obscene · Obscene Publications Act · Obscene Publications Squad · obscenely · obsceneness · obscenities · obscenity · obscurant · obscurantism · obscurantist · obscuration · obscure · obscurely · obscurement · obscureness · obscurities · obscurity · obscurum per obscurius · obsecrate

WORDS THAT END LIKE OBSCURANTIC

antiromantic · authentic · Battle of the Atlantic · Corybantic · hierophantic · hyperromantic · mid-Atlantic · myomantic · North Atlantic · ornithomantic · postromantic · pyromantic · quantic · sciomantic · sonantic · South Atlantic · the Atlantic · theomantic · ultraromantic · unpedantic · West Atlantic

Synonyms and antonyms of obscurantic in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «obscurantic» into 25 languages

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愚民
1,325 millions of speakers
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obscurantic
570 millions of speakers
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obscurantic
510 millions of speakers
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obscurantic
380 millions of speakers
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obscurantic
280 millions of speakers
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obscurantic
278 millions of speakers
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obscurantic
270 millions of speakers
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obscurantic
260 millions of speakers
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obscurantic
220 millions of speakers
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Obscurantic
190 millions of speakers
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obscurantic
180 millions of speakers
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obscurantic
130 millions of speakers
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obscurantic
85 millions of speakers
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Obscurantic
85 millions of speakers
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obscurantic
80 millions of speakers
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obscurantic
75 millions of speakers
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अस्पष्ट
75 millions of speakers
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obscurantic
70 millions of speakers
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obscurantic
65 millions of speakers
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obscurantic
50 millions of speakers
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obscurantic
40 millions of speakers
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obscurantic
30 millions of speakers
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obscurantic
15 millions of speakers
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obscurantic
14 millions of speakers
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obscurantic
10 millions of speakers
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obscurantic
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OBSCURANTIC»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about obscurantic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OBSCURANTIC»

Discover the use of obscurantic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to obscurantic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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India and Her Domestic Problems: Religion State and Secularism
Practices and from time immemorial but the Indian elitists decry Elitists attitude. on|y Hindu religious rites as medieval, obscurantic and even superstitious but connive at those of other religions that are practised. Thus the practice of ...
Pannalal Dhar, 1993
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Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Transformation of the Supreme ...
At any rate it seems to me that the Court has been needlessly narrow and obscurantic in its outlook. . . . [W]e seem to have tied Uncle Sam up in a hard knot ."12 No chief executive had ever attempted to change so much so quickly.
Stephen K. Shaw, William D. Pederson, Frank J. Williams, 2004
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Debating the Political Philosophy of Hegel
Except for Rousseau, whose false and mischievous doctrine of the "general will" Hegel took over, they were free from obscurantic romanticism. For all his invocations to Reason, Hegel distrusted the critical and sceptical spirit of the ...
Walter Kaufmann, 2009
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Critical Companion to F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Literary ...
... ERNEST HEMINGWAY's parody of Anderson, The Torrents of Spring (1926), he noted: “I agree with Ernest that Anderson's last two books have let everybody down who believed in him—I think they're cheap, faked, obscurantic and awful” (c .
Mary Jo Tate, 2007
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Ambiguous Republic: Ireland in the 1970s
... his art'.25 ThecensoringofLee Dunne's PaddyMaguire isDead in 1973,which was labelledobscene, eventhoughit wasmore about alcoholism thansex, was regardedbyfellow novelist John Broderick as an 'obscurantic and imbecilic' decision.
Diarmaid Ferriter, 2012
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RED SEA SCROLLS
Brother Joseph is also an elder of the Church of the Gospel and the head of the linguistics department of the College Of Obscurantic Knowledge. He is also the high muckity-muck of the college's secret fraternity, known as the Skull and Kooks .
Trebor St. Dragon, 2014
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Medicina Alternativa: Including Water Therapy, Massage, ...
But now-a-days no educated girl or woman adhere to these obscurantic norms and treat the period days like any other day in their life. May be, because of better facilities to contain this blood into the sanitary napkins, the modern woman does  ...
Sanskriti Sharma, 2002
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Living Life As If Thinking Matters
... reacting to crises. We could also set aside ego, selfish desire, greed, immediate pleasure, fear, nescience, and the flawed and confusing speculative philosophies used to justify them. Leaning on obscurantic institutions 6 Possibility Thinking.
R. L. Wysong, 2000
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Speaking of Nursing--: Narratives of Practice, Research, ...
... There is a tendency among nurses and not just academics to think that the only things worth writing and speaking about are the political forces, or the forays into obscurantic conceptual fog. We are faintly embarrassed to 324 Writing Nursing.
Donna Diers, 2004
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My Life Its Legacy and Message
It is a way of life adopted by a rational and a realistic person and there is nothing obscurantic and pretentious in it. Stigma of failure cannot also be attributed to it. Persons who seriously try to understand that there could be a true path to attain ...

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OBSCURANTIC»

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Kevin Van Aelst for The Chronicle Review
Atran believes that "attacking obscurantic, cruel, lunatic ideas is always a good idea." It's proclaiming that religion is rotten to the core that they ... «Chronicle of Higher Education, Aug 12»
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BOOK REVIEW: 'Disaster Was My God'
He was elliptical and irrational. Dissonant. Obscurantic. Crazy. Throw in scatological, too. And so he was alone. Out of his mind with his mind.”. «Washington Times, Mar 12»
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Nigeria: How Privatised Companies are Collapsing
... African Petroleum, the sale of Stallion House, the hastened and obscurantic sale of national refineries at the twilight of the last administration. «AllAfrica.com, Jan 11»
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