transcription, транскрипция: [ äb-ˈskyu̇r-ən-ˌti-zəm, əb-; ˌäb-skyu̇-ˈran- ]
noun
Date: 1834
1. : opposition to the spread of knowledge : a policy of withholding knowledge from the general public
2.
a. : a style (as in literature or art) characterized by deliberate vagueness or abstruseness
b. : an act or instance of obscurantism
• ob·scu·ran·tist -ən-tist, -ˈran-tist noun or adjective