ignorance
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The profession of ignorance was at least in part performative.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
“Why now?” is just a more palatable version of “lying slut,” a question based on ignorance about how trauma — and society — works.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
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
He claims such ignorance gives each dish life, makes it more than the sum of its parts.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
Vocabulary lists containing ignorance
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Graduation Gems, 2016
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