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Recent Examples of nescience But this time her nescience was justified. Matthew Continetti, National Review, 18 Jan. 2025 Critics pounced on his gaffes questioning evolution and asserting that vegetation caused pollution, but, as with Trump, Reagan’s backers cared little about these blunders or his nescience over public affairs. Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2020
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ignorance
Noun
  • My only advice is to NOT believe her if MIL tries to claim ignorance of the dangers that have informed your decision about phones.
    Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
  • But if the joke and the ignorance are equally yoked, people will laugh.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025

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“Nescience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nescience. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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