ignorance
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In 1948 George Orwell identified “Newspeak” as an essential component of the totalitarian toolkit: “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025
Ignorance or mistake of law may be a defense in some limited circumstances.
From Slate • Nov. 24, 2025
Abrahams: Maybe we should have called the book "Ignorance is Bliss."
From Salon • Oct. 3, 2023
"Ignorance combined with arrogance is a dangerous mix."
From BBC • Aug. 12, 2023
Cringing with fear, the monsters of Ignorance turned in flight and, with anguished cries too horrible ever to forget, returned to the damp, dark places from which they came.
From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster
Vocabulary lists containing ignorance
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Graduation Gems, 2016
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