obscurantismo

English translation: (entrenched in the) dark ages

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Portuguese term or phrase:	obscurantismo
English translation:	(entrenched in the) dark ages
Entered by:	Douglas Bissell

18:21 Jan 22, 2016

Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Philosophy

Portuguese term or phrase: obscurantismo

"O que nós constatamos nos interrogatórios” indica que “a situação está ligada ao obscurantismo e a ignorância",

Speaking about attacks on albinos in sub-saharan Africa

'sheer fucking stupidity' jumps to mind, but anything else I think of comes out very racially slanted

Douglas Bissell KudoZ activity Questions: 550 (2 open) (13 without valid answers) (86 closed without grading) Answers: 1850 Portugal
Local time: 15:51

(entrenche in the) dark ages

Explanation:
É claro que o termo obscurantism existe, está correto e tem o mesmo significado que em português, mas em português usamo-lo muito mais frequentemente que em inglês, daí a minha sugestão.

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Note added at 43 mins (2016-01-22 19:05:15 GMT)
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Entrenched. Desculpem-me o erro de digitação.

Selected response from:

Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
Brazil

Grading comment

The 'dark ages' was the idea I was looking for, good call, thanks, as opposed to the enlightenment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

2 +3

obscurantism

Matheus Chaud

3 +2

obscurantism

Edmundo Biglia

4 +1

deeply entrenched beliefs

Nick Taylor

(entrenche in the) dark ages

Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

obscurantism

Explanation:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/obscurantism?s=t

obscurantism = opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.

WordNet:
obscurantism = a policy of opposition to enlightenment or the spread of knowledge

Matheus Chaud
Brazil
Local time: 11:51
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

obscurantism

Explanation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obscurantism

Edmundo Biglia
Brazil
Local time: 11:51
Native speaker of: Portuguese

11 mins confidence:

(entrenche in the) dark ages

Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
Brazil
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

The 'dark ages' was the idea I was looking for, good call, thanks, as opposed to the enlightenment

19 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

deeply entrenched beliefs

Explanation:
deeply entrenched beliefs

Nick Taylor
Local time: 15:51
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

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