noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The support or promotion of ignorance, or opposition to knowledge. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   An ignorant belief or utterance; a solecism. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

agnosticismgreennessinanityinexperienceinnocencenescience

Etymology

From ignorant + -ism.