agnotology en · NOUN
Etymology
Coined by Irish linguist Iain Boal in 1992, deriving from the Neoclassical Greek word ἄγνωσις (ágnosis, “not knowing”), compare ἄγνωτος (ágnōtos), and -λογία (-logía).
Meanings
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(uncountable) The study of culturally-induced ignorance or doubt, particularly the publication of inaccurate or misleading scientific data.
Our interest here, though, is less in remediation than in what Nancy Tuana has called the "liberatory moment"—which brings us to a more subtle form of agnatology
2005, Robert Proctor, Londa L. Schiebinger, Agnotology: the making and unmaking of ignorance, page 6:Indeed, the think tanks and corporations that employ economists frequently explicitly seek to foster ignorance as part of their business plans: that is the postmodern phenomenon of agnotology.
2014, Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go To Waste, page 225:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| agnatology | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
agnotological · agnotologic · agnotologist
Relateds
Translations (17)
fi agnotologia (promotion of inaccurate or misleading scientific data) · ca agnotologia (promotion of inaccurate or misleading scientific data) · pl agnotologia (promotion of inaccurate or misleading scientific data) · eo agnotologio (promotion of inaccurate or misleading scientific data) · nl agnotologie (promotion of inaccurate or misleading scientific data) · cmn 比較無知學 /比较无知学 (promotion of inaccurate or misleading scientific data) · sk agnotológia (promotion of inaccurate or misleading scientific data) · es agnotología (promotion of inaccurate or misleading scientific data) · uk агнотологія (promotion of inaccurate or misleading scientific data) · de Agnotologie (promotion of inaccurate or misleading scientific data) · id agnatologi (promotion of inaccurate or misleading scientific data) · ru агнотология (promotion of inaccurate or misleading scientific data) · eu agnotologia (promotion of inaccurate or misleading scientific data) · fr agnotologie (promotion of inaccurate or misleading scientific data) · cs agnotologie (promotion of inaccurate or misleading scientific data) · tr agnotoloji (promotion of inaccurate or misleading scientific data) · ru агнатология (promotion of inaccurate or misleading scientific data)