obscurantism vs deception

obscurantism and deception both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of obscurantism include deceit, dissembling, dissimulation.

obscurantism (noun)	deception (noun)
a deliberate act intended to make something obscure	the act of deceiving
a policy of opposition to enlightenment or the spread of knowledge	an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
	a misleading falsehood