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Synonyms for ignorance
ˈɪg nər əns
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Princeton's WordNet
ignorance(noun)
the lack of knowledge or education
Wiktionary
ignorance(noun)
Synonyms:
unawareness, blindnessIgnorance(propernoun)
A personification of ignorance.
Synonyms:
blindness, unawareness
English Synonyms and Antonyms
ignorance
Synonyms:
ignoring, inexperience, unfamiliarityAntonyms:
acquaintance, association, companionship, experience, familiarity, fellowship, friendship, intimacy, knowledge
Editors Contribution
lack of knowledge
Submitted by rinat on September 9, 2019
Dictionary of English Synonymes
ignorance(n.)
Synonyms:
illiteracy, nescience, darkness, blindness, want of knowledge
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
ignorance(n)
Synonyms:
illiteracy, inerudition, unenlightenment, nescience, quackery, charlatanry
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "ignorance":
Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #1640 | dark | |
| #11981 | ignorance | |
| #13300 | ignoring | |
| #14614 | ignorant | |
| #18414 | disregard | |
| #18620 | blindness | |
| #63840 | inexperience | |
| #121757 | unfamiliarity | |
| #164053 | unawareness |
How to use ignorance in a sentence?
Ignorance comes from lack of understanding not lack of knowledge
To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise, without being wise for it is to think that we know what we do not know. For anything that men can tell, death may be the greatest good that can happen to them but they fear it as if they knew quite well that it was the greatest of evils. And what is this but that shameful ignorance of thinking that we know what we do not know
Accepting your Ignorance is your first step towards Knowledge. Acknowledging the Darkness around you will lead you to the Path of Illumination. Thou shalt therefore know and accept thy limitations, in order to overcome them successfully.
It is harder to conceal ignorance than to acquire knowledge.
Men's ignorance makes the pot boil for priests.
Translations for ignorance
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- onkundeAfrikaans
- جهل, جهالةArabic
- cəhalətAzerbaijani
- невуцтва, няведаннеBelarusian
- незнание, невежество, неведениеBulgarian
- ignorànciaCatalan, Valencian
- neznalost, nevědomostCzech
- uvidenhedDanish
- Ignoranz, UnwissenheitGerman
- άγνοιαGreek
- nescioEsperanto
- ignoranciaSpanish
- asjatundmatus, ignorantsus, võhiklikkus, teadmatusEstonian
- جهالت, نادانی, جهلPersian
- tietämättömyysFinnish
- fákunna, fávitskaFaroese
- ignoranceFrench
- aineolas, ainbhiosIrish
- ainfhios, aineolas, ainfhiosrachdScottish Gaelic
- ignoranciaGalician
- અજ્ઞાનGujarati
- neufys, neuhoiggaltysManx
- בּוּרוּתHebrew
- अज्ञानHindi
- tudatlanságHungarian
- անգիտություն, տգիտությունArmenian
- inscientiaInterlingua
- ketidaktahuanIndonesian
- fákunnátta, vankunnátta, vanþekking, fáviska, þekkingarleysi, fáfræðiIcelandic
- ignoranzaItalian
- 無知Japanese
- უვიცობაGeorgian
- ភាពល្ងង់ខ្លៅKhmer
- ಅಜ್ಞಾನKannada
- 무지Korean
- nezanîKurdish
- ignorantiaLatin
- nežinojimasLithuanian
- nezināšanaLatvian
- tsifahalalanaMalagasy
- kūaretangaMāori
- незнаењеMacedonian
- അജ്ഞതMalayalam
- onwetendheid, ignorantieDutch
- uvitenhetNorwegian
- ignorànciaOccitan
- ଅଜ୍ଞତାOriya
- nieznajomość, ignorancja, niewiedza, nieświadomość, nieuctwoPolish
- ignorânciaPortuguese
- ignoranțăRomanian
- неведение, незнание, неосведомлённость, невежествоRussian
- незнање, neznanjeSerbo-Croatian
- neznalosť, nevedomosťSlovak
- nevednostSlovene
- injorancëAlbanian
- okunnighet, ignorans, okunskapSwedish
- அறியாமைTamil
- నేరమిTelugu
- ความไม่รู้Thai
- bilgisizlik, cehaletTurkish
- незнання, невігластво, неуцтвоUkrainian
- اگیانUrdu
- sự dốt nát, sự thiếu hiểu biếtVietnamese
- 无知Chinese
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