agnosis means epistemologically necessary lack of, indifference to, denial or shunning of knowledge; defective knowledge. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
agnosis is pronounced /æɡˈnəʊsɪs/.
Why “agnosis” is a great word
AGNOSIS — [Noun] A deliberate, necessary, or principled lack of, indifference to, denial of, or shunning of knowledge. From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, "without, lacking") + γνῶσις (gnôsis, "knowledge"), literally "lacking knowledge." Unlike "agnosia" (a neurological failure to recognize sensory input) or "ignorance" (a passive void awaiting information), agnosis is an epistemological stance—a chosen or fated incompleteness. It is the astronomer who chooses not to calculate the precise moment of a star's death, the lover who refuses to read the diary left carelessly open, and the quiet acceptance that some ancient texts must forever be fragments; it is the wisdom that some knowledge dismantles the very peace required to hold it.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “without, lacking”) + γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge”), literally, “lacking knowledge”.
noun
- Epistemologically necessary lack of, indifference to, denial or shunning of knowledge; defective knowledge.“And finally, we come to the agnosis, the most important of them all, […]
I do not refer to the agnosis or the ignorance of cancer in general.”