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agnotology

noun

Etymology

Coined by Irish linguist Iain Boal in 1992, deriving from the Neoclassical Greek word ἄγνωσις (ágnosis, “not knowing”), compare ἄγνωτος (ágnōtos), and -λογία (-logía).

  1. derived from word ἄγνωσις — “not knowing”
  2. derived from linguist Iain Boal in 1992

Definitions

  1. The study of culturally-induced ignorance or doubt, particularly the publication of…

    The study of culturally-induced ignorance or doubt, particularly the publication of inaccurate or misleading scientific data.

    • Our interest here, though, is less in remediation than in what Nancy Tuana has called the "liberatory moment"—which brings us to a more subtle form of agnatology
    • Indeed, the think tanks and corporations that employ economists frequently explicitly seek to foster ignorance as part of their business plans: that is the postmodern phenomenon of agnotology.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA