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obscurants

/əbˈskjʊərənts/ /ɒbˈskjʊərənts/

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noun

Oscurantista

One who acts to confound or obfuscate; an obscurantist.

Examples :

"The obscurants in the debate deliberately used confusing jargon to hide their weak arguments. "

Los oscurantistas en el debate usaron deliberadamente jerga confusa para ocultar sus argumentos débiles.

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noun

Oscurantista

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

Examples :

"The politician dismissed scientific findings about climate change, revealing himself as one of the obscurants hindering progress towards a sustainable future. "

El político desestimó los hallazgos científicos sobre el cambio climático, revelándose como uno de los oscurantistas que obstaculizan el progreso hacia un futuro sostenible.

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Oscurantista, opositor a la transparencia

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

Examples :

"The company's reliance on jargon and internal memos filled with deliberately vague language suggested that the management were obscurants who wanted to hide their decision-making processes from employees. "

La dependencia de la empresa del argot y de los memorandos internos llenos de un lenguaje deliberadamente vago sugería que la gerencia eran oscurantistas que querían ocultar sus procesos de toma de decisiones a los empleados.

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