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The condition of being uninformed or uneducated. Lacking knowledge or information.
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ignorance — [ iɲɔrɑ̃s ] n. f. • 1120; lat. ignorantia 1 ♦ État d une personne qui ignore; le fait de ne pas connaître qqch. Laisser, tenir, entretenir qqn dans l ignorance (de qqch.). Être dans l ignorance (de qqch.). « L homme sans Dieu est dans l ignorance … Encyclopédie Universelle
Ignorance — • Lack of knowledge about a thing in a being capable of knowing Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ignorance Ignorance † … Catholic encyclopedia
ignorance — I noun benightedness, bewilderment, blindness, darkness, denseness, fog, foolishness, greenness, haze, illiteracy, illiterateness, imprudentia, incapacity, incognizance, incomprehension, ineptitude, inerudition, inexperience, innocence,… … Law dictionary
ignorance — Ignorance. subst. f. v. Defaut de connoissance, manque de sçavoir quelque chose. Ignorance du droit ignorance du fait. ignorance volontaire. ignorance affectée. ignorance grossiere. grande ignorance. profonde ignorance. il n y eut jamais tant d… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
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Ignorance — Ig no*rance, n. [F., fr. L. ignorantia.] 1. The condition of being ignorant; the lack of knowledge in general, or in relation to a particular subject; the state of being uneducated or uninformed. [1913 Webster] Ignorance is the curse of God,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ignorance — (n.) c.1200, from O.Fr. ignorance (12c.), from L. ignorantia want of knowledge (see IGNORANT (Cf. ignorant)) … Etymology dictionary
ignorance — Ignorance, Error, Errans opinio, Ignorantia, Ignoratio, Inscientia, Inscitia, Imperitia. Par l ignorance des gens qui estoient en ce temps la, Inscitia temporum … Thresor de la langue françoyse
ignorance — [n] unintelligence, inexperience benightedness, bewilderment, blindness, callowness, crudeness, darkness, denseness, disregard, dumbness, empty headedness*, fog*, half knowledge, illiteracy, incapacity, incomprehension, innocence, inscience,… … New thesaurus
ignorance — ► NOUN ▪ lack of knowledge or information … English terms dictionary
