What is another word for ignorance?
Synonyms for ignorance
ˈɪg nər ənsig·no·rance
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Wiktionary
ignorancenoun
Synonyms:
unawareness, blindnessIgnorancenoun
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
Princeton's WordNet
ignorancenoun
the lack of knowledge or education
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Editors Contribution
lack of knowledge
Submitted by rinat on September 9, 2019
Dictionary of English Synonymes
ignorancenoun
Synonyms:
illiteracy, nescience, darkness, blindness, want of knowledge
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
ignorancenoun
Synonyms:
illiteracy, inerudition, unenlightenment, nescience, quackery, charlatanry
PPDB, the paraphrase database
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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?
Never underestimate your own ignorance.
seeing is believing they say and if boundaries are limitless are we? or is existence twofold and doomed before the sights are set and if so does God really weep for humanity and must we continue to seek sustenance through escapism and do sporting events in all their microcosmic glory refute the tenets of nihilism or should we simply accept and wallow in our ignorance unbearable lightness of being creatures who feelwhat -- I don’t know
The arrogance of ignorance.
The history of the Victorian Age will never be written we know too much about it. For ignorance is the first requisite of the historian - ignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and omits, with a placid perfection unattainable by the highest art.
We need the nature so we can be, we have plenty to learn from it. In our ignorance we continuously try to annihilate it so we can have more existence…
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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