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ignorance

[ig-ner-uhns] / ˈɪg nər əns /
NOUN
lack of knowledge
Synonyms
STRONGEST
illiteracy nescience
STRONG
benightedness darkness lack of education sciolism shallowness unenlightenment unfamiliarity
WEAK
callowness crudeness empty-headedness half-knowledge ineducation inscience naïveté rawness simplicity uncouthness
Antonyms
STRONG
erudition understanding
WEAK
competence cultivation education experience intelligence knowledge literacy wisdom
NOUN
lack of awareness
Synonyms
STRONGEST
benightedness blindness nescience unawareness
STRONG
innocence oblivion unconsciousness
WEAK
disregard fog insensitivity
Antonyms
STRONGEST
awareness cognizance realization

Example Sentences

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Crowds took to the capital's streets from 13:00 GMT on Saturday, with placards displaying messages including "fight ignorance not immigrants" and "reject racist lies" visible.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

As Isaac Asimov observed, “There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been.”

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

It seems like the Justice Department’s plan was to send in this junior prosecutor, Daniel Rosenblum, who would respond to these questions with ignorance and say he didn’t know anything.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

Apple isn’t spending less on AI out of ignorance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

“A degradation to illegitimacy and ignorance, to be married to a respectable, intelligent gentleman-farmer!”

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.