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Transparency vs Obscurant - What's the difference?

transparency | obscurant |

As nouns the difference between transparency and obscurant

is that transparency is (countable) a transparent object while obscurant is one who acts to confound or obfuscate; an obscurantist.

As an adjective obscurant is

acting or tending to confound, obfuscate, or obscure.

transparency

English

(wikipedia transparency)

Noun

  • (countable) a transparent object.
  • (countable) specifically , a transparent material with an image on it, that is viewable by shining light through it.
  • (figuratively) openness, degree of accessibility to view
  • (uncountable) the quality of being transparent; transparence.

    • Derived terms

    * overhead transparency

    obscurant

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Acting or tending to confound, obfuscate, or obscure.
  • Typical of or pertaining to ; obscurantic; obscurantistic.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who acts to confound or obfuscate; an obscurantist.
  • A person who seeks to prevent or hinder enquiry and the advancement of knowledge or wisdom; an agent of endarkenment.
  • An opposer of lucidity and transparency in the political and intellectual spheres.

    • Related terms

    * obscurancy * obscurans obscurantis * obscurantic * obscurantism * obscurantist * obscurate * obscuration * obscurative * obscure * obscurement * obscureness * obscurify * obscurism * obscurist * obscurity * obscurous * obscurum per obscurius

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