Ignorance synonyms and antonyms
ĭg'nər-əns
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The state of being unaware
charlatanry
(Uncountable) The state of being a charlatan
The characteristic of being oblivious.
know-nothingism
The doctrines, principles, or practices of the Know-Nothings.
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unintelligence
Lack of intelligence.
Muteness, silence; abstention from speech.
The property of being shallow
mental incapacity
Lack of general knowledge
An attitude of smug ignorance and conventionalism, especially toward artistic and cultural values.
Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.
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empty-headedness
Lack of general knowledge
The quality or condition of being vulgar.
obtuseness
Something that is obtuse
Of or characteristic of an agnostic or agnosticism
Unable to read; illiterate.
To reject bluntly, often disdainfully; snub:
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literacy (antonym)
Understanding of something (ex. computer literacy)
A situation of perplexity or confusion; a tangle:
A lack of experience
The quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths.
The condition of being insensitive
The property of being superficial, the tendency to judge by surface appearance.
A grayish area on a photograph or film
Lack of comprehension; inability to understand
The act or state of deliberately not paying attention or caring about; misregard.
half-knowledge
Lack of specific knowledge
a little learning
Lack of specific knowledge
unenlightenment
Lack of general knowledge
The definition of barbarism refers to the condition of being brutal, primitive, or socially backwards.
The quality of being benighted.
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The property of being stolid; unemotionality.
Lack of general knowledge
lack of learning
Lack of general knowledge
knowledge (antonym)
Understanding
(Figuratively, colloquial) Bottomless; extremely bad.
Quality of being illiterate.
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no more than a tyro's background
Lack of specific knowledge
Ignorance or innocence; the state of being uninformed or unaware
sciolism
A pretentious attitude of scholarship; superficial knowledgeability.
Any action or practice based on such a belief
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talent (antonym)
A superior, apparently natural ability in the arts or sciences or in the learning or doing of anything
lack of education
Lack of general knowledge
lack of erudition
Lack of general knowledge
lack of information
Lack of general knowledge
ability (antonym)
A skill, talent, or capacity:
acquaintance (antonym)
(Uncountable) A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of friendship or intimacy
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understanding (antonym)
Without guile or deceit; ingenuous; innocent
Caught or surrounded by darkness or night
Ignorant; uneducated; esp., not knowing how to read or write
Not cultured or cultivated:
Of a person, ignorant, uneducated, untaught, untrained.
Not instructed in letters; not well educated; unable to read
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Not the result of training; natural:
Not sophisticated; lacking sophistication.
Not intended; unintentional:
The doctrine of agnostics
inerudition
The claims or methods of a quack
To surround or circle around
To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest; as, the banks discount notes and bills of exchange.
To strike out (something written).
(Law) To reject (a bill of indictment) for lack of evidence
To pay little or no attention to; fail to heed; disregard:
To fail to include; leave out
To manage; supervise:
To disregard intentionally or allow to pass unnoticed or unmentioned.
intelligence (antonym)
The ability to acquire, understand, and use knowledge:
experience (antonym)
The knowledge thus gathered.
cultivation (antonym)
Devotion of time or attention to the improvement of (something)
competence (antonym)
Condition or quality of being competent; ability; fitness; specif., legal capability, power, or jurisdiction
unhabituatedness
selfishness (related)
arrogance (related)
indifference (related)
unbelief (related)
cynicism (related)
hypocrisy (related)
self-deception (related)
delusion (related)
irrationality (related)
guilt (related)
cowardice (related)
apathy (related)
laziness (related)
falsehood (related)
complacency (related)
unscholarliness
The state or condition of being unscholarly.
erudition (antonym)
Erudition is defined as the knowledge of an expert in a subject gained through reading and study.
rusticity
The condition of being rustic.
To avoid an obstacle by using an alternative channel, passage, or route.
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