English Explanatory Dictionary

ignorance

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The condition of being uninformed or uneducated; lack of knowledge or information.
  2. Sins committed through ignorance.
  3. Existential blindness.
name
  1. A personification of ignorance.

Pronunciation

ĭg'nərəns /ˈɪɡ.nə.ɹəns/ /ˈɪɡ.nɚ.əns/ en-us-ignorance.ogg /ˈəɡ.nə.ɹəns/

Word forms

ignorance ignorances ignoraunce

Etymology

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

Synonyms

blindness cluelessness knowledgelessness unawareness unknowingness unknowledge

Derived words

argument from ignorance ignorance is bliss ignorant ignorization invincible ignorance pluralistic ignorance tools of ignorance vincible ignorance willful ignorance
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