ignorance

noun

The condition of being uninformed or uneducated; lack of knowledge or information.

(religion, in the plural) Sins committed through ignorance.

Existential blindness.

A personification of ignorance.

Roots

gnoscognor- · Latin · know

Synonyms for ignorance

unawarenessn nesciencen foolishnessn ineptituden mindlessnessn senselessnessn witlessnessn inexperiencen irrationalityn illiteracyn

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The word ignorance breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root gnor-, from Latin gnosco (“know”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.