ignorance
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Bennett argued presciently that by kowtowing to radicals, “a great university was brought low by the very forces which modern universities came into being to oppose: ignorance, irrationality and intimidation.”
Katherine spoke the words for him, shattering his hopes for ignorance.
From Literature
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There’s a lot of ignorance that goes into it as well.
From Los Angeles Times
“We are witnessing a massive pendulum swing of one type of ignorance to another,” Barbieri said.
But if we look deeply into the weapons, we see our own minds — our prejudices, fears and ignorance.
From Salon
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