agnosis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Epistemologically necessary lack of, indifference to, denial or shunning of knowledge; defective knowledge.

Pronunciation

/æɡˈnəʊsɪs/

Word forms

agnosis agnoses

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “without, lacking”) + γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge”), literally, “lacking knowledge”.

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