ob·scu·rant·ism
noun/ˌɒbskjuˈræntɪzəm/
/ɑːbˈskjʊrəntɪzəm/
[uncountable] (formal)- the practice of deliberately preventing somebody from understanding or discovering something
故弄玄虚；蒙蔽主义；蒙骗政策 - Religious prejudice and scientific obscurantism have been closely entangled throughout the whole history of this debate.
宗教偏见和科学蒙昧主义在这场争论的整个历史中一直紧密地纠缠在一起。
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from earlier obscurant, denoting a person who obscures something, via German from Latin obscurant- ‘making dark’, from the verb obscurare. - Religious prejudice and scientific obscurantism have been closely entangled throughout the whole history of this debate.