ignorance
(noun) the lack of knowledge or education
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Ignorance
A personification of ignorance.
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ignorance (countable and uncountable, plural ignorances)
The condition of being uninformed or uneducated. Lack of knowledge or information.
Synonyms: blindness, cluelessness, knowledgelessness, unawareness, unknowingness, unknowledge
(religion, in the plural) Sins committed through ignorance.
• In Roman Catholic theology, vincible or wilful ignorance is such as one might be fairly expected to overcome, hence it can never be an excuse for sin, whether of omission or of commission; while invincible ignorance, which a person cannot help or abate, altogether excuses from guilt.
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Source: Wiktionary
Ig"no*rance, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. ignorantia.]
1. The condition of being ignorant; the want of knowledge in general, or in relation to a particular subject; the state of being uneducated or uninformed. Ignorance is the curse of God, Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven. Shak.
2. (Theol.)
Definition: A willful neglect or refusal to acquire knowledge which one may acquire and it is his duty to have. Book of Common Prayer. Invincible ignorance (Theol.), ignorance beyond the individual's control and for which, therefore, he is not responsible before God.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 June 2024
(noun) coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
