benightedness

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ignorance
Noun
  • Knowledge-wise, science may be advancing, but, politically, its powers of persuasion are in retreat, in a moment defined, in many ways, by ignorance and narrow-minded grievance.
    Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The best romance fiction has the ability to fundamentally change the genre at its core, offering happy endings where only ignorance has existed.
    EW.com, EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Benightedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/benightedness. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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