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Synonyms for ignorance
ˈɪg nər ənsig·no·rance
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Wiktionary
ignorancenoun
Synonyms:
unawareness, blindnessIgnorancenoun
A personification of ignorance.
Synonyms:
blindness, unawareness
English Synonyms and Antonyms
ignorance
Synonyms:
ignoring, inexperience, unfamiliarityAntonyms:
acquaintance, association, companionship, experience, familiarity, fellowship, friendship, intimacy, knowledge
Princeton's WordNet
ignorancenoun
the lack of knowledge or education
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Editors Contribution
lack of knowledge
Submitted by rinat on September 9, 2019
Dictionary of English Synonymes
ignorancenoun
Synonyms:
illiteracy, nescience, darkness, blindness, want of knowledge
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
ignorancenoun
Synonyms:
illiteracy, inerudition, unenlightenment, nescience, quackery, charlatanry
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List of paraphrases for "ignorance":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1640 | dark | |
#11981 | ignorance | |
#13300 | ignoring | |
#14614 | ignorant | |
#18414 | disregard | |
#18620 | blindness | |
#63840 | inexperience | |
#121757 | unfamiliarity | |
#164053 | unawareness |
How to use ignorance in a sentence?
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and consciencious stupidity.
There is no hopelessness, there is ignorance. There are no unsolvable problems in this life, there are only people who do not know how to fight and endure, and look for a way out. There is no way out except from the grave. But “No, I have a special case,” “God forbid, it’s easy to say.”
Having subtracted myself from this political fracas and all of the mayhem of the digital media, I kind of found the center of the cyclone, it is very peaceful in my bubble of ignorance.
Martin Luther King Jr., Strength to Love, 1963:
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
My Ego is only my Identity. My Ego is not 'Me'. Because I live in Ignorance, who 'I' truly am, I cannot see.
Translations for ignorance
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- onkundeAfrikaans
- جهل, جهالةArabic
- cəhalətAzerbaijani
- невуцтва, няведаннеBelarusian
- незнание, невежество, неведениеBulgarian
- ignorànciaCatalan, Valencian
- neznalost, nevědomostCzech
- uvidenhedDanish
- Ignoranz, UnwissenheitGerman
- άγνοιαGreek
- nescioEsperanto
- ignoranciaSpanish
- asjatundmatus, ignorantsus, võhiklikkus, teadmatusEstonian
- جهالت, نادانی, جهلPersian
- tietämättömyysFinnish
- fákunna, fávitskaFaroese
- ignoranceFrench
- aineolas, ainbhiosIrish
- ainfhios, aineolas, ainfhiosrachdScottish Gaelic
- ignoranciaGalician
- અજ્ઞાનGujarati
- neufys, neuhoiggaltysManx
- בּוּרוּתHebrew
- अज्ञानHindi
- tudatlanságHungarian
- անգիտություն, տգիտությունArmenian
- inscientiaInterlingua
- ketidaktahuanIndonesian
- fákunnátta, vankunnátta, vanþekking, fáviska, þekkingarleysi, fáfræðiIcelandic
- ignoranzaItalian
- 無知Japanese
- უვიცობაGeorgian
- ភាពល្ងង់ខ្លៅKhmer
- ಅಜ್ಞಾನKannada
- 무지Korean
- nezanîKurdish
- ignorantiaLatin
- nežinojimasLithuanian
- nezināšanaLatvian
- tsifahalalanaMalagasy
- kūaretangaMāori
- незнаењеMacedonian
- അജ്ഞതMalayalam
- onwetendheid, ignorantieDutch
- uvitenhetNorwegian
- ignorànciaOccitan
- ଅଜ୍ଞତାOriya
- nieznajomość, ignorancja, niewiedza, nieświadomość, nieuctwoPolish
- ignorânciaPortuguese
- ignoranțăRomanian
- неведение, незнание, неосведомлённость, невежествоRussian
- незнање, neznanjeSerbo-Croatian
- neznalosť, nevedomosťSlovak
- nevednostSlovene
- injorancëAlbanian
- okunnighet, ignorans, okunskapSwedish
- அறியாமைTamil
- నేరమిTelugu
- ความไม่รู้Thai
- bilgisizlik, cehaletTurkish
- незнання, невігластво, неуцтвоUkrainian
- اگیانUrdu
- sự dốt nát, sự thiếu hiểu biếtVietnamese
- 无知Chinese
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