ignorance

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ignorance^¹

/ˈɪɡ.nə.ɹəns/ UK
/ˈɪɡ.nɚ.əns/ US
/ˈɪɡ.nə.ɹəns/ Australia
/ˈəɡ.nə.ɹəns/ New Zealand

Where it comes from

From Middle English ignoraunce, ignorance, from

From Old French ignorance, from Latin ignōrantia. By surface analysis, ignor(e) + -ance.

noun ignorances · ignoraunce

countable, uncountable The condition of being uninformed or uneducated; lack of knowledge or information. She shows total ignorance about the topic at hand.
Similar: blindness, cluelessness, knowledgelessness, unawareness, unknowingness, unknowledge
countable, in plural, uncountable Sins committed through ignorance.
countable, uncountable Existential blindness.

Ignorance^²

proper noun

A personification of ignorance.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: ignorant, agnosy, illiteracy, unawareness, incomprehension, unfamiliarity, incompetence, apathy, indifference, negligence, lack, neglect, disregard, ignore, misconception, misunderstanding

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noun condition of being uninformed or uneducated

Español	ignorancia
한국어	무지 muji
日本語	無知 muchi
中文	無知 /无知 wúzhī
हिन्दी	अज्ञान ajñān, अविद्या avidyā, बेखबरी bekhabrī, नासमझी nāsamjhī, नादानी nādānī, बेसमझी besamjhī
Kiswahili	ujinga
Português	ignorância
Français	ignorance
Deutsch	Unwissenheit, Unwissen, Nichtwissen
Italiano	ignoranza
Ελληνικά	άγνοια ágnoia
Română	ignoranță
Русский	неве́жество nevéžestvo, неве́дение nevédenije, незна́ние neznánije, неосведомлённость neosvedomljónnostʹ
Tiếng Việt	sự thiếu hiểu biết, sự dốt nát
العربية	جَهْل jahl, جَهَالَة jahāla
עברית	בּוּרוּת

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