Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
OBSCURANTISM
obscurantism
(noun) a deliberate act intended to make something obscure
obscurantism
(noun) a policy of opposition to enlightenment or the spread of knowledge
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
obscurantism (countable and uncountable, plural obscurantisms)
A state of opposition to human progress or enlightenment.
Deliberate obscurity or vagueness.
Source: Wiktionary
Ob*scur"ant*ism, n.
Definition: The system or the principles of the obscurants. C. Kingsley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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