Obscurantist synonyms

Equally extensive, but less important in the political sphere, were the Papal States and Veneti, the former torpid under the obscurantist rule of pope and cardinals, the latter enervated by luxury and the policy of unmanly complaisance long pursued by doge and council.

In this instance the ultimate success of the corporation greatly strengthened the Obscurantist and reactionary element throughout Austria.

In common with all the learned men of his age, he wished to see the power of the clergy broken, as that of an obscurantist army arrayed against light.

Their views were due to a reaction against three main tendencies in contemporary English thought: the sacerdotalism of Laud and his followers, the obscurantist sectaries and, most important of all, the doctrines of Hobbes.