ignorance

ig-no-rance · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    Lack of knowledge or information about something.

  2. 2.

    The state of being uneducated or uninformed.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    ignorance is bliss — sometimes it's better not to know
  • •
    plead ignorance — to claim not to have known about something
  • •
    willful ignorance — deliberately avoiding knowledge

Related words

Antonyms: awareness, knowledge, understanding
See also: ignorant, ignore, knowledge
Synonyms: inexperience, unawareness, unfamiliarity

Etymology

From Old French ignorance, from Latin ignorantia ("want of knowledge"), from ignorare ("not to know"), from in- ("not") + gnarus ("knowing").