ig·no·rance ( g n r-ns)n. The condition of being uneducated, unaware, or uninformed. |
ignorance [ˈɪgnərəns]
n
lack of knowledge, information, or education; the state of being ignorant
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| Noun | 1. | ignorance - the lack of knowledge or education cognitive content, mental object, content - the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned inexperience, rawness - lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience; "procedural inexperience created difficulties"; "their poor behavior was due to the rawness of the troops" unenlightenment - a lack of understanding illiteracy - ignorance resulting from not reading |
ignorance
noun
1. lack of education, stupidity, foolishness, blindness, illiteracy, benightedness, unenlightenment, unintelligence, mental darkness In my ignorance, I had never heard of R and B music.
lack of education understanding, knowledge, intelligence, wisdom, insight, enlightenment, comprehension
lack of education understanding, knowledge, intelligence, wisdom, insight, enlightenment, comprehension
2. (with of) unawareness of, inexperience of, unfamiliarity with, innocence of, unconsciousness of, greenness about, oblivion about, nescience of (literary) a complete ignorance of non-European history
Quotations
"No more; where ignorance is bliss,"
"'Tis folly to be wise" [Thomas Gray Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College]
"If ignorance is indeed bliss, it is a very low grade of the article" [Tehyi Hsieh Chinese Epigrams Inside Out and Proverbs]
"Ignorance is not bliss - it is oblivion" [Philip Wylie Generation of Vipers]
"Ignorance, the stem and root of all evil" [Plato]
"What we call evil is simply ignorance bumping its head in the dark" [Henry Ford]
"Ignorance is not innocence but sin" [Robert Browning The Inn Album]
"Ignorance itself is without a doubt a sin for those who do not wish to understand; for those who, however, cannot understand, it is the punishment of sin" [St Augustine]
"Ignorance is the curse of God,"
"Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven" [William Shakespeare Henry VI]
"I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance" [Socrates]
"If you think education is expensive - try ignorance" [Derek Bok]
"No more; where ignorance is bliss,"
"'Tis folly to be wise" [Thomas Gray Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College]
"If ignorance is indeed bliss, it is a very low grade of the article" [Tehyi Hsieh Chinese Epigrams Inside Out and Proverbs]
"Ignorance is not bliss - it is oblivion" [Philip Wylie Generation of Vipers]
"Ignorance, the stem and root of all evil" [Plato]
"What we call evil is simply ignorance bumping its head in the dark" [Henry Ford]
"Ignorance is not innocence but sin" [Robert Browning The Inn Album]
"Ignorance itself is without a doubt a sin for those who do not wish to understand; for those who, however, cannot understand, it is the punishment of sin" [St Augustine]
"Ignorance is the curse of God,"
"Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven" [William Shakespeare Henry VI]
"I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance" [Socrates]
"If you think education is expensive - try ignorance" [Derek Bok]
Proverbs
"One half of the world does not know how the other half lives"
"One half of the world does not know how the other half lives"
Translations
ignorance [ˈɪgnərəns] N → ignorancia f (of de) to be in ignorance of → ignorar, desconocer
to keep sb in ignorance of sth → ocultar algo a algn
to show one's ignorance → demostrar su ignorancia
to keep sb in ignorance of sth → ocultar algo a algn
to show one's ignorance → demostrar su ignorancia
ignorance [ˈɪgnərəns] n (= lack of knowledge) → ignorance f
ignorance about sth → ignorance en matière de qch
Her ignorance of foreign policy was alarming → Son ignorance en matière de politique étrangère était alarmante.
to keep sb in ignorance of sth → tenir qn dans l'ignorance de qch
ignorance about sth → ignorance en matière de qch
Her ignorance of foreign policy was alarming → Son ignorance en matière de politique étrangère était alarmante.
to keep sb in ignorance of sth → tenir qn dans l'ignorance de qch
ignorance
n (= general lack of knowledge, education) → Unwissenheit f, → Mangel m → an Bildung, Ignoranz f; (of particular subject, language, plan etc) → Unkenntnis f; to keep somebody in ignorance of something → jdn in Unkenntnis über etw (acc) → lassen, jdn etw nicht wissen lassen; to be in ignorance of something → etw nicht wissen; ignorance (of the law) is no excuse → Unkenntnis schützt vor Strafe nicht
ignorance [ˈɪgn/ər/əns] n ignorance (of) → ignoranza (di)
to keep sb in ignorance of sth → tenere qn all'oscuro di qc
to show one's ignorance → dimostrare la propria ignoranza
it's no use pleading ignorance of the law → la legge non ammette ignoranza
ignorance [ˈɪgn/ər/əns] n ignorance (of) → ignoranza (di)
to keep sb in ignorance of sth → tenere qn all'oscuro di qc
to show one's ignorance → dimostrare la propria ignoranza
it's no use pleading ignorance of the law → la legge non ammette ignoranza
to keep sb in ignorance of sth → tenere qn all'oscuro di qc
to show one's ignorance → dimostrare la propria ignoranza
it's no use pleading ignorance of the law → la legge non ammette ignoranza
ignorance [ˈɪgn/ər/əns] n ignorance (of) → ignoranza (di)
to keep sb in ignorance of sth → tenere qn all'oscuro di qc
to show one's ignorance → dimostrare la propria ignoranza
it's no use pleading ignorance of the law → la legge non ammette ignoranza
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