Agnotology
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The study of culturally-induced ignorance or doubt, particularly the publication of inaccurate or misleading scientific data. uncountable
"Our interest here, though, is less in remediation than in what Nancy Tuana has called the "liberatory moment"—which brings us to a more subtle form of agnatology"
Example
More examples"Our interest here, though, is less in remediation than in what Nancy Tuana has called the "liberatory moment"—which brings us to a more subtle form of agnatology"
Etymology
Coined by Irish linguist Iain Boal in 1992, deriving from the Neoclassical Greek word ἄγνωσις (ágnosis, “not knowing”), compare ἄγνωτος (ágnōtos), and -λογία (-logía).
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