noun
- a person who strives to prevent the increase and spread of knowledge.
- a person who obscures.
adjective
- pertaining to or characteristic of obscurants.
- tending to make obscure.
noun
- an opposer of reform and enlightenment
adjective
- of or relating to an obscurant
- causing obscurity
adj.1878, from Latin obscurantem (nominative obscurans), present participle of obscurare (see obscure (v.)).