ignorance

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The cure for his ignorance is the understanding of dualism and submission.

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  1. noun The condition of being uneducated, unaware, or uninformed.

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  • The discovery of our ignorance is the beginning of knowledge. —  The Jesus of History
  • Not to mention that it's terribly convenient for someone who's never heard of the Bush doctrine and never met a foreign leader to argue that her ignorance is actually a political plus for her ticket. —  Israelated - English Israel blogs
  • Put in such ways, he writes, their ignorance is at least tinged with feelings of remorse. —  News On Japan
  • Most politicians, not to mention the press, are too intimidated to question the Fed's daunting power, but their ignorance is about to compound the problem. —  The Nation: Top Stories
  • You pose -- you and your ignorance are the most expensive commodity this country has. —  Media Matters for America - Limbaugh Wire
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  1. from Middle English ignorance, from Old French ignorance, French ignorance = Provencal ignorantia, ignoransa = Spanish Portuguese ignorancia = Italian ignoranza, from Latin ignorantia, want of knowledge or information, from ignoran(t-)s, not knowing: see ignorant.
 

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/ˈɪgnərəns/
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