English Explanatory Dictionary

ignorantism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

ignorantism ignorantisms

Etymology

From ignorant + -ism.

Synonyms

obscurantism

Related words

ignorantist
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