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ignorance
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of IGNORANCE
1
the state of being unaware or uninformed <ignorance of the law is no excuse>
Synonyms benightedness, cluelessness, incognizance, innocence, nescience, obliviousness, unawareness, unfamiliarity
Related Words callowness, greenness, inexperience, naïveté (also naivete or naiveté), rawness, simpleness, unsophistication
2
the state of being unlearned <with such vast sums spent on education, the level of ignorance among graduating seniors is a national disgrace>
Synonyms illiteracy
Related Words functional illiteracy, innumeracy; brainlessness, dumbness, idiocy, imbecility, stupidity; philistinism; foolishness, mindlessness, senselessness, witlessness
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