obscurantism vs deceit

obscurantism and deceit both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
obscurantism	Yes	No	No	No
deceit	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, deceit is a hypernym of obscurantism; that is, deceit is a word with a broader meaning than obscurantism:

Other hypernyms of obscurantism include deception, dissembling, dissimulation.

obscurantism (noun)	deceit (noun)
a deliberate act intended to make something obscure	the act of deceiving
a policy of opposition to enlightenment or the spread of knowledge	the quality of being fraudulent
	a misleading falsehood