confession of ignorance
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While we have no reason to dispute Kennedy’s confession of ignorance about the nation’s security, we do know a great deal more than he lets on.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 25, 2019
I also knew that universities did not reward ignorance, or the confession of ignorance, and so I kept my ignorance to myself and pretended that I knew what I was doing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2017
But that is a confession of ignorance, not an affirmation of knowledge.
From A Grammar of Freethought by Chapman Cohen
Herr von Osternau laughed at the young man's frank confession of ignorance, at which Frau von Osternau was much surprised.
From Quicksands by Adolph Streckfuss
No," she added delightedly, upon his confession of ignorance, "I'm going to work in the box-factory, after this, where 'Manda Grier works.
From The Minister's Charge by William Dean Howells
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