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

1. deliberately preventing the facts or full details of something from becoming known
Usage: formal

Examples

• The government was accused of taking an obscurantist approach to the investigation.
• Critics called him an obscurantist who refused to share his research methods.
• The company’s obscurantist policies made it difficult for journalists to get information.
• She rejected the obscurantist tendencies of some academic institutions.
• The obscurantist leader kept important details from the public.
• His obscurantist attitude frustrated those seeking clarity on the issue.