nescience

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of NESCIENCE

the state of being unaware or uninformed <the appalling nescience of today's high schoolers concerning international affairs>

Synonyms benightedness, cluelessness, incognizance, innocence, nescience, obliviousness, unawareness, unfamiliarity

Related Words callowness, greenness, inexperience, naïveté (also naivete or naiveté), rawness, simpleness, unsophistication

Near Antonyms experience, know-how; sophistication

Antonyms acquaintance, awareness, cognizance, familiarity

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