unenlightenment

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These first pages bear witness both to the energy of his genius and also to its unenlightenment; he seems more ignorant and more cocksure than so great a man should be.

From Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

The Chief Confidential Clerk was not conscious that he was really ignorant of the subject in hand—no true diplomat ever is—the young Secretary was painfully aware of his own unenlightenment.

From Parlous Times A Novel of Modern Diplomacy by Wells, David Dwight

The villagers were not wont to waste time on the printed word; in fact, such was the profundity of their unenlightenment, few of them had heard of the magazine with a name beginning with "A."

From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney

He saw around him the folly and unenlightenment of the perpetual feud.

From The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship by Picton, Harold W. (Harold Williams)

The frank simplicity of his greeting, his careless unenlightenment of his own wretched spiritual state, thrilled her like an electric shock with a strange new pity for him.

From The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West by Wilson, Harry Leon