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 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

If no one present had ever heard the name before, the consequential manner of its announcement would have brought a sense of deplorable unenlightenment.

From The Key to Yesterday by Buck, Charles Neville

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

"After all," reflected the accurate Katy, as though seeking an excuse for Madame de Treymes' unenlightenment, "we don't know many French people, either."

From Madame De Treymes by Wharton, Edith