1. a person who deliberately prevents the facts or full details of something from becoming known
Usage: formal

1. deliberately preventing enlightenment or the spread of knowledge
Usage: formal

Examples

• The politician was labeled an obscurant for withholding crucial information from the public.
• Critics accused the administration of obscurant policies that limited academic freedom.
• The obscurant tactics of the committee frustrated researchers seeking transparency.
• She refused to be an obscurant in the debate, sharing all relevant data openly.
• The obscurant nature of the organization made it difficult to assess their true motives.
• Historians condemned the obscurant approach to declassifying important documents.