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ignoramus

noun as in simpleton

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She asked whether Disney Chief Executive Bob Iger was an “ignoramus” after he said actors’ demands were not realistic.

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Unlike his boss in the Oval Office, Vance is neither a dimwit nor an ignoramus.

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Conor McGregor's presidential campaign is likely to end before it begins, but not because he’s an ignoramus and a liar and a misogynist.

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Trump's juice with these guys has always been that he is a proud ignoramus, a man who speaks loudly with great confidence, despite knowing nothing and having no interest in learning.

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It's a difficult discussion, because progressives are already constantly badgered by right-wing accusations that they're an "elite" who "looks down" at Trump voters as ignoramuses.

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