noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
obscurantism
Refers to the practice of deliberately preventing the spread of knowledge or enlightenment, often used in political or philosophical contexts.
蒙昧主義は、民衆の無知を利用して権力を維持する手段として批判される。
Obscurantism is criticized as a means of maintaining power by exploiting the ignorance of the masses.
その政策は蒙昧主義的だと言われている。
That policy is said to be obscurantist.
啓蒙主義 (enlightenment thought) is the opposite concept, advocating for the spread of knowledge and reason.
Compound of 蒙昧 (もうまい, ignorance, darkness) and 主義 (しゅぎ, -ism). The term is a direct translation of the Western philosophical concept of obscurantism.