nescient

nes·cience  (nshns, nsh-ns, nsh-, ns-ns, ns-)

n.

1. Absence of knowledge or awareness; ignorance.

2. Agnosticism.

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[Late Latin nescientia, from Latin nescins, nescient-, present participle of nescre, to be ignorant : ne-, not; see ne in Indo-European roots + scre, to know; see skei- in Indo-European roots.]

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nescient adj. & n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	nescient - holding that only material phenomena can be known and knowledge of spiritual matters or ultimate causes is impossible unbelieving agnostical, agnostic - uncertain of all claims to knowledge
	2.	nescient - uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication; "an ignorant man"; "nescient of contemporary literature"; "an unlearned group incapable of understanding complex issues"; "exhibiting contempt for his unlettered companions" ignorant, unlettered, unlearned uneducated - not having a good education