Definition of "obscurant"

Acting or tending to confound, obfuscate, or obscure.  examples

Typical of or pertaining to obscurants; obscurantic; obscurantistic.  examples

One who acts to confound or obfuscate; an obscurantist.  examples

A person who seeks to prevent or hinder enquiry and the advancement of knowledge or wisdom; an agent of endarkenment.  examples

An opposer of lucidity and transparency in the political and intellectual spheres.  examples