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ignorance
[ ig-ner-uhns ]
ignorance
/ ˈɪɡəəԲ /
noun
- lack of knowledge, information, or education; the state of being ignorant
Other Word Forms
- -n·Գ noun
Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
In his wounded pride, blundering incompetence and massive ignorance he will certainly do more damage, perhaps immense damage, to the world and many of its people.
"But one day they'll read the ignorance that people put out there about them, the lies and all of that," she says.
“But Indians don’t have the luxury of ignorance. History flows through us; it is embedded in us.”
“Nor did I know that rapists were turning more and more to sleeping pills and anti-anxiety medicine … my ignorance strikes me as almost culpable.”
A combination of engrained ignorance and political interests is eroding the foundation of something that made our capitalist society possible in the first place.
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