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ignoramus

[ig-nuh-ray-muhs, -ram-uhs] / ˌɪg nəˈreɪ məs, -ˈræm əs /


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On June 15 he received a tongue bath on Spotify from that outstanding ignoramus Joe Rogan, who allowed him to spout his anti-science spiel for three hours with virtually no pushback.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2023

But I really prefer the term "ignoramus" because ignoramus literally means somebody who doesn't know things.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2022

The term ignoramus was written on bills of indictment when the evidence presented seemed insufficient to justify prosecution.

From Fox News ● Mar. 30, 2020

During one editing session, something became clear to me: This adult, successful journalist was a complete ignoramus on most matters that happened to be unrelated to his field of expertise.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 26, 2018

That has continued to be the central complaint against rhetoric ever since: that it gives the plausible ignoramus or the self- interested dissembler—the knave or the fool—power over the good and the wise.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

Cultural ignoramuses top Forbes' richest people lists all the time.

From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2022

Get your news from written sources, or sources that don’t even have viral video of raging ignoramuses on their menus.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 14, 2021

Maudlin also vigorously defends philosophy against ignoramuses who ask, Why do we need philosophy?

From Scientific American ● Nov. 4, 2018

Hey kids, don't listen to the ignoramuses at @WellsFargo.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2016

Were those first Jordan Valley farmers botanical ignoramuses who didn’t know what they were doing?

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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