ignorance en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- ĭg'nərəns (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈɪɡ.nə.ɹəns/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- ĭg'nərəns (General-American)
- /ˈɪɡ.nɚ.əns/ (General-American)
- /ˈɪɡ.nə.ɹəns/ (Australia)
- (US) audio
- /ˈəɡ.nə.ɹəns/ (New-Zealand)
Etymology
From Middle English ignoraunce, ignorance, from From Old French ignorance, from Latin ignōrantia. By surface analysis, ignor(e) + -ance.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The condition of being uninformed or uneducated; lack of knowledge or information.
The guard was paying no attention whatever to the running of his train, in total disregard of rules, and, as the recently-published report of a Ministry of Transport Inspecting Officer of Railways shows, there were other disquieting features in the case, such as ignorance on the part of responsible men of rules and appendix instructions and a lax attitude to regulations of which they professed to be aware, combined with failure to look at staff notice boards.
1956 September, “Notes and News: The Barby Sidings Accident Report”, in Railway Magazine, page 638:She shows total ignorance about the topic at hand.
There had been the whisky and Perrier in the morning but, in my ignorance of alcoholics then, I could not imagine one whisky harming anyone who was driving in an open car in the rain.
1964, Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 156:
- (countable, in-plural, uncountable) Sins committed through ignorance.
- (countable, uncountable) Existential blindness.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ignorances | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| ignoraunce | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
willful ignorance · ignorance is bliss · argument from ignorance · tools of ignorance · vincible ignorance · ignorization · pluralistic ignorance · ignorant · wilful ignorance · invincible ignorance
Synonyms
unknowledge · unknowingness · blindness · cluelessness · knowledgelessness · unawareness
Translations (153)
te అజ్ఞానము (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · br diouiziegez (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · pt ignorância (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · th ความไม่รู้ (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · yi אומוויסנהײַט (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · te అజ్ఞానం (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · lnd falung (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · ml വിവരക്കേട് (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · te నేరమి (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · pa ਅਗਿਆਨ (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · nl onkunde (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · ast inoranza (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · uk неві́гластво (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · tl kamangmangan (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · fa جهل (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · mi kūaretanga (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · ru неосведомлённость (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · is fákunnátta (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · gd ainfhiosrachd (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · zdj udjinga (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · is vanþekking (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · gd ainfhios (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · hy անգիտություն (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · hu tudatlanság (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · sk neznalosť (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · mg tsifahalalana (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · sq injorancë (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · fo fávitska (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · bg незна́ние (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · io nesavo (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · ru неве́жество (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · oc ignorància (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · grc ἄγνοια (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · hi अविद्या (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · pl nieznajomość (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · cs nevědomost (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · kn ಅಜ್ಞಾನ (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · af onkunde (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · pa ਬੇਖ਼ਬਰ (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · cy anwybodaeth (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · es ignorancia (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · eo nescio (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · om wallaalummaa (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · mk незнаење (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · gd aineolas (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · be неву́цтва (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · ru незна́ние (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · ca ignorància (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · pa ਨਦਾਨ (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · la ignorantia (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · ta அறியாமை (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · lt nežinojimas (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · is vankunnátta (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · am አለማወቅ (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · or ଅଜ୍ଞତା (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · fa نادانی (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · az cəhalət (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · sl nevednost (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · el άγνοια (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · sw ujinga (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · uk неу́цтво (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · az avamlıq (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · km ភាពល្ងង់ខ្លៅ (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · ml അജ്ഞത (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · he בּוּרוּת (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · got 𐌿𐌽𐍆𐍂𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹 (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · id ketidaktahuan (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · ckb نەزانی (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · ar جَهَالَة (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · hy տգիտություն (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · swb ujinga (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · de Unwissenheit (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · hi बेसमझी (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · is þekkingarleysi (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · smn tietimettumvuotâ (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · sa अविद्या (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · fo fákunna (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · az zülmət (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · sv okunnighet (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · uk незнання́ (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · it ignoranza (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · se diehtemeahttunvuohta (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · gv neufys (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · fa جهالت (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · gl ignorancia (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · ceb katagaw (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · gu અવિદ્યા (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · kk надандық (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · ang nytennes (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · hi बेखबरी (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · et asjatundmatus (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · ga ainbhios (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · ur اگیان (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · et võhiklikkus (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · ru неве́дение (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · sk nevedomosť (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · ia inscientia (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · vi sự thiếu hiểu biết (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · pl nieuctwo (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · fr ignorance (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · lv nezināšana (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · et ignorantsus (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · sa अज्ञान (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · de Nichtwissen (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · tr bilgisizlik (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · az nadanlıq (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · pl ignorancja (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · ga aineolas (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · chr ᎤᎧᏁᎳ (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · sh незнање (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · got 𐌿𐌽𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌹 (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · pl niewiedza (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · sv ignorans (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · be няве́данне (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · sv okunskap (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · cmn 無知 /无知 (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · et teadmatus (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · bg неве́дение (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · hi अज्ञान (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · vi sự dốt nát (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · nl ignorantie (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · hi नादानी (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · ja 無知 (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · ko 무지 (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · ar جَهْل (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · tl ignoransiya (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · gu અજ્ઞાન (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · pa ਅਣਜਾਣ (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · hi अनभिज्ञता (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · is fáviska (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · kmr nezanî (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · sms tieʹđǩanivuõtt (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · nb uvitenhet (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · ast inorancia (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · ka უვიცობა (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · pa ਬੇਸਮਝ (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · nl onwetendheid (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · fi tietämättömyys (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · pl nieświadomość (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · am አላዋቂነት (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · cs neznalost (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · scn gnuranza (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · grc ἀμαθία (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · bg неве́жество (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · gv neuhoiggaltys (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · de Unwissen (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · hi नासमझी (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · tr cehalet (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · ro ignoranță (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · da uvidenhed (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · is fáfræði (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · ky билбестик (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) · sh neznanje (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)