Synonyms for ignorance
ˈɪg nər ənsig·no·rance

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1. ignorancenoun

   Synonyms:
   unawareness, blindness

2. Ignorancenoun

   A personification of ignorance.

   Synonyms:
   blindness, unawareness

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1. ignorance

   Synonyms:
   ignoring, inexperience, unfamiliarity

   Antonyms:
   acquaintance, association, companionship, experience, familiarity, fellowship, friendship, intimacy, knowledge

Princeton's WordNet

1. ignorancenoun

   the lack of knowledge or education

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1. lack of knowledge

   Submitted by rinat on September 9, 2019  

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1. ignorancenoun

   Synonyms:
   illiteracy, nescience, darkness, blindness, want of knowledge

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1. ignorancenoun

   Synonyms:
   illiteracy, inerudition, unenlightenment, nescience, quackery, charlatanry

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1. List of paraphrases for "ignorance":

   ignorant, unawareness, disregard, dark, unfamiliarity

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1. Jacqueline Job:

   Denying God is admiting your ignorance.

2. Leo Szilard, "A Random Walk in Science" compiled by R. L. Weber, edited by E. Mendoza:

   You may assume infinite ignorance and unlimited intelligence.

3. Louis Pasteur:

   You bring me the deepest joy that can be felt by a man whose invincible belief is that Science and Peace will triumph over Ignorance and War, that nations will unite, not to destroy, but to build, and that the future will belong to those who will have done most for suffering humanity.

4. La Bruy?re:

   Gross ignorance produces a dogmatic spirit. He who knows nothing thinks he can teach others what he has himself just been learning. He who knows much scarcely believes that what he is saying is unknown to others, and consequently speaks with more hesitation.

5. Bernie Sanders of Vermont:

   I believe Trump has been the most dangerous president in the modern history of this country, and we're seeing his narcissism, his ignorance playing out in terms of the pandemic we're experiencing right now.