ignorantism · noun — the support or promotion of ignorance, or opposition to knowledge. It carries an Arena rating of 1330, earned across 3 head-to-head judged battles.
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Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, ignorantism ranks #1,316 of 17,176 for Most Incisive Words, #1,756 of 17,201 for Funniest Words, #1,831 of 17,131 for Most Ponderous Words, #4,039 of 17,163 for Most Sublime Words.
Why “ignorantism” is a great word
The willful advocacy or active cultivation of ignorance as a public or personal virtue. From English ignorant (itself from Latin ignōrāns, "not knowing") and the suffix -ism, denoting a practice or doctrine; formed within English by derivation. Unlike obscurantism, which deliberately obscures facts to secure power, or agnosticism, a disciplined philosophical suspension of judgment, ignorantism is the broader, celebratory embrace of not-knowing. It is the prideful rejection of expertise, the shared smirk dismissing evidence, the deliberate turning away from the inconvenient book; it is the choice to dwell in the warm, shallow dark rather than venture into the cold, clarifying light.
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Etymology
From ignorant + -ism.
noun
- The support or promotion of ignorance, or opposition to knowledge.
- An ignorant belief or utterance; a solecism.
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