Definitions

obliviousness

[uh-bliv-ee-uhs-nis] / əˈblɪv i əs nɪs /

NOUN

ignorance

Synonyms

STRONG

bewilderment blindness callowness crudeness darkness denseness disregard dumbness fog illiteracy incapacity incomprehension innocence insensitivity nescience oblivion obtuseness philistinism rawness sciolism shallowness simplicity unawareness unconsciousness uncouthness unenlightenment unfamiliarity vagueness

WEAK

benightedness empty-headedness half-knowledge inscience lack of education mental incapacity naïveté unscholarliness

Antonyms

STRONG

cognizance understanding

NOUN

escape

Synonyms

STRONG

Lethe abeyance amnesia carelessness disregard forgetfulness inadvertence indifference insensibility neglect nirvana oblivion unawareness unconcern unconsciousness unmindfulness

WEAK

insensibleness

Antonyms

STRONG

caring concern regard respect

Example Sentences

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Obliviousness will seriously slow your reaction time, so during these times, window shades should be up and noise-canceling headphones and sleep masks set aside.

From Slate • Mar. 14, 2025

But Last Man is not the only game of its type, a genre that lacks a name, giving us the opportunity to dub them Tests of Obliviousness.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 13, 2015

Holmes believed in a sort of Doctrine of Discriminating Obliviousness.

From Time Magazine Archive

Obliviousness pulses now with a willful, aggressive glow -- a sort of active impatience, a passion to escape knowing.

From Time Magazine Archive

obliviousness

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