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Ignorance

//ˈɪɡ.nə.ɹəns// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A personification of ignorance.
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

Etymology

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

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