noun
obscurantist policy; keep-the-people-ignorant policy
A political strategy of deliberately keeping the populace uninformed or uneducated to maintain control.
その政権は愚民政策をとっていると批判された。
The administration was criticized for adopting an obscurantist policy.
Compound of 愚民 (gumin, 'ignorant people') and 政策 (seisaku, 'policy').