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Ignorance Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Ignorance? [n] the lack of knowledge or education Synonyms \| Synonyms for Ignorance: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Ignorance: amateurishness \| amateurism \| benightedness \| brainlessness \| callowness \| disaccustomedness \| empty-headedness \| foolishness \| greenness \| illiteracy \| immaturity \| incapacity \| ineptitude \| inexperience \| innocence \| irrationality \| know-nothingism \| lackbrainedness \| lackwittedness \| low IQ \| mental weakness \| mindlessness \| naivete \| nescience \| newness to \| philistinism \| primal stupidity \| rawness \| reasonlessness \| senselessness \| simpleness \| simplicity \| slackmindedness \| slackwittedness \| unaccustomedness \| unacquaintance \| unacquaintedness \| unawareness \| unconsciousness \| unconversance \| uncouthness \| uncultivation \| unenlightenment \| unexperiencedness \| unfamiliarity \| unfledgedness \| unhabituatedness \| unintellectuality \| unintelligence \| unknowingness \| unpracticedness \| unprofessionalism \| unprofessionalness \| unripeness \| unsophistication \| unwisdom \| unwiseness \| unwontedness \| Urdummheit \| witlessness See Also \| cognitive content \| content \| ignorantness \| illiteracy \| inexperience \| mental object \| nescience \| unenlightenment \| unknowing \| unknowingness Ignorance In Webster's Dictionary \Ig"no*rance\, n. [F., fr. L. ignorantia.] 1. The condition of being ignorant; the want of knowledge in general, or in relation to a particular subject; the state of being uneducated or uninformed. Ignorance is the curse of God, Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven. --Shak. 2. (Theol.) A willful neglect or refusal to acquire knowledge which one may acquire and it is his duty to have. --Book of Common Prayer. {Invincible ignorance} (Theol.), ignorance beyond the individual's control and for which, therefore, he is not responsible before God.

Ignorance Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ignorance?

[n] the lack of knowledge or education

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Ignorance In Webster's Dictionary

\Ig"no*rance\, n. [F., fr. L. ignorantia.]
1. The condition of being ignorant; the want of knowledge in
   general, or in relation to a particular subject; the state
   of being uneducated or uninformed.

         Ignorance is the curse of God, Knowledge the wing
         wherewith we fly to heaven.           --Shak.

2. (Theol.) A willful neglect or refusal to acquire knowledge
   which one may acquire and it is his duty to have. --Book
   of Common Prayer.

{Invincible ignorance} (Theol.), ignorance beyond the
   individual's control and for which, therefore, he is not
   responsible before God.

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