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ignorance

\i.ɲɔ.ʁɑ̃s\

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Du latin ignorantia, de ignorare (« ignorer »).

noun ignorances

État de celui qui est ignorant ; celui qui ne connaît rien. Sa connaissance des livres, quoique superficielle, suffisait à imposer à l’ignorance un certain respect pour le savoir qu’on lui supposait.
broadly Fautes qui marquent une ignorance grossière. Ce livre est plein d’ignorances impardonnables.

In English

ignorance condition of being uninformed or uneducated

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@misc{ignorance_2026,
  title = {ignorance},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fr/ignorance},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}