ignorance means A personification of ignorance. It carries an Arena rating of 1562, earned across 9 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, ignorance ranks #922 of 17,134 for Most Malleable Words, #3,036 of 17,127 for Words That Escaped Their Books, #4,314 of 17,126 for Most Elegant Words, #5,022 of 17,124 for Most Sublime Words.
ignorance is pronounced /ˈɪɡ.nə.ɹəns/.
Why “ignorance” is a great word
The state of being without knowledge. From Middle English ignoraunce, from Old French ignorance, from Latin ignōrantia ("want of knowledge"), from ignōrāre ("to not know, ignore"). First attested c. 1200. Unlike "stupidity," which implies a congenital flaw in understanding, or "negligence," which suggests a culpable failure to learn, ignorance is a quiet and neutral void. It is the blank page before the lesson, the unlabeled country on a faded map, the serene face that has not yet heard the news—the fundamental human material from which all knowledge must be carved, a profound quiet before the noise of facts begins.
Etymology
From Middle English ignoraunce, ignorance, from From Old French ignorance, from Latin ignōrantia. By surface analysis, ignor(e) + -ance.
name
- A personification of ignorance.
noun
- The condition of being uninformed or uneducated; lack of knowledge or information.e.g.“She shows total ignorance about the topic at hand.”
- Sins committed through ignorance.
- Existential blindness.
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