name, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The condition of being uninformed or uneducated; lack of knowledge or information. countable, uncountable

   "She shows total ignorance about the topic at hand."

2. 2
   the lack of knowledge or education wordnet
3. 3
   Sins committed through ignorance. countable, in-plural, uncountable
4. 4
   Existential blindness. countable, uncountable

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A personification of ignorance.

Synonyms

All synonyms

agnosticismamateurishnessamateurismbenightednessblindnessbrainlessness

Antonyms

All antonyms

knowknowledgecuriosityreciprocation

Example

More examples

"If you think education is expensive, wait till you see what ignorance costs you."

Etymology

From Middle English ignoraunce, ignorance, from From Old French ignorance, from Latin ignōrantia. By surface analysis, ignor(e) + -ance.

Related phrases

argument from ignoranceignorance is blissinvincible ignorancepluralistic ignorancetools of ignorancevincible ignorancewillful ignorance

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