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obliviousness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of obliviousness

1 a state of being disregardful or unconscious of one's surroundings, concerns, or obligations

  • her general obliviousness often results in her walking into walls and other hard-to-miss objects
Synonyms of obliviousness

forgetfulness, nirvana, oblivion
Words Related to obliviousness

ignorance, incognizance, innocence, insensibility, nescience, unawareness, unconsciousness, unfamiliarity

amnesia, blindness

absentmindedness, absorption, abstraction, inattention, inattentiveness, preoccupation
Near Antonyms of obliviousness

memory, recall, recollection, remembrance

alertness, awareness, cognizance, consciousness

2 the state of being unaware or uninformed

  • obliviousness of a law is not an acceptable excuse for breaking it
Synonyms of obliviousness

benightedness, cluelessness, ignorance, incognizance, innocence, nescience, unawareness, unfamiliarity
Words Related to obliviousness

callowness, greenness, inexperience, naïveté (also naivete), rawness, simpleness, unsophistication
Near Antonyms of obliviousness

experience, know-how

sophistication
Antonyms of obliviousness

acquaintance, awareness, cognizance, familiarity

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