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abstruse

Adjective

∙ Concealed or hidden out of the way; secret. [Attested from the late 16^th century until the mid 18^th century.] obsolete
∙ Difficult to comprehend or understand; recondite; obscure; esoteric. [First attested in the late 16^th century.]

BABYLON ENGLISH
abstruse adj.
ambiguous, difficult to understand, obscure

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
abstruse
abstruse
abstrude \ab*strude"\ (&?;), v. t. [l. abstrudere. see abstruse.] to thrust away. [obs.]

WORDNET 2.0
abstruse
Adjective
1. difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge; "the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them"; "a deep metaphysical theory"; "some recondite problem in historiography"
(synonym) deep, recondite
(similar) esoteric

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Obscurantism
Obscurantism ( or ) is the practice of deliberately preventing the facts or the full details of some matter from becoming known. There are two common historical and intellectual denotations to Obscurantism: (1) deliberately restricting knowledge — opposition to the dissemination of knowledge, a policy of withholding knowledge from the state schools for the public; and, (2) deliberate obscurity — an abstruse style (as in literature and art) characterized by deliberate vagueness. The adjective-name Obscurantist identifies the man or woman who actively opposes social reform and enlightenment, a type of anti-intellectual.
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WIKTIONARY - Yabla

abstruse

Adjective

∙ Concealed or hidden out of the way; secret. [Attested from the late 16^th century until the mid 18^th century.] obsolete
∙ Difficult to comprehend or understand; recondite; obscure; esoteric. [First attested in the late 16^th century.]

BABYLON ENGLISH
abstruse adj.
ambiguous, difficult to understand, obscure

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
abstruse
abstruse
abstrude \ab*strude"\ (&?;), v. t. [l. abstrudere. see abstruse.] to thrust away. [obs.]

WORDNET 2.0
abstruse
Adjective
1. difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge; "the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them"; "a deep metaphysical theory"; "some recondite problem in historiography"
(synonym) deep, recondite
(similar) esoteric

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Obscurantism
Obscurantism ( or ) is the practice of deliberately preventing the facts or the full details of some matter from becoming known. There are two common historical and intellectual denotations to Obscurantism: (1) deliberately restricting knowledge — opposition to the dissemination of knowledge, a policy of withholding knowledge from the state schools for the public; and, (2) deliberate obscurity — an abstruse style (as in literature and art) characterized by deliberate vagueness. The adjective-name Obscurantist identifies the man or woman who actively opposes social reform and enlightenment, a type of anti-intellectual.
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