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ignorance

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Entry Word: ignorance
Function: noun
Meaning: 1 the state of being unaware or uninformed <ignorance of the law is no excuse>
Synonyms obliviousness, unawareness, unfamiliarity
Related Words callowness, greenness, inexperience, innocence, naïveté (also naivete), rawness, simpleness, unsophistication
Near Antonyms experience, know-how; sophistication
Antonyms acquaintance, awareness, familiarity
2 the state of being unlearned <with such vast sums spent on education, the level of ignorance among graduating seniors is a national disgrace>
Synonyms illiteracy
Related Words brainlessness, dumbness, idiocy, imbecility, stupidity; philistinism; foolishness, mindlessness, senselessness, witlessness
Near Antonyms education, instruction, training; enlightenment, knowledge; erudition, scholarship
Antonyms learning, literacy

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