Definition of obscurants:
(n) :
One who acts to confound or obfuscate; an obscurantist.
(n) :
A person who seeks to prevent or hinder enquiry and the advancement of knowledge or wisdom; an agent of endarkenment.
(adj) :
Acting or tending to confound, obfuscate, or obscure.
(n) :
An opposer of lucidity and transparency in the political and intellectual spheres.
(adj) :
Typical of or pertaining to obscurants; obscurantic; obscurantistic.