Nescience

//ˈnɛʃəns// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The absence of knowledge, especially of orthodox beliefs. countable, uncountable

    "Better to have honest nescience than to have militant ignorance."

  2. 2
    ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs) wordnet
  3. 3
    The doctrine that nothing is actually knowable. countable, uncountable

    "The theory of nescience is but the obverse of the fact of science."

Synonyms

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ignorantnessagnosticismblankmindednesscallownessempty-headednessgreenhornism

Example

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"Better to have honest nescience than to have militant ignorance."

Etymology

From Latin nescientia, from the present participle of nescire.

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