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ignorance

noun
/ˈɪɡ.nə.ɹəns/UK/ˈɪɡ.nɚ.əns/US/ˈɪɡ.nə.ɹəns/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from ignōrantia
  2. derived from ignorance
  3. inherited from ignoraunce

Definitions

  1. The condition of being uninformed or uneducated

    The condition of being uninformed or uneducated; lack of knowledge or information.

    • She shows total ignorance about the topic at hand.
    • There had been the whisky and Perrier in the morning but, in my ignorance of alcoholics then, I could not imagine one whisky harming anyone who was driving in an open car in the rain.

  2. Sins committed through ignorance.

  3. Existential blindness.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A personification of ignorance.

The neighborhood

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