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ignorance
noun as in lack of knowledge
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benightedness, darkness, lack of education, sciolism, shallowness, unenlightenment, unfamiliarity
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callowness, crudeness, empty-headedness, half-knowledge, ineducation, inscience, naïveté, rawness, simplicity, uncouthness
noun as in lack of awareness
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The Supreme Court decision came down in 2012, so the Project 2025 authors don’t have much of an excuse for their ignorance of the facts.
But beneath that is a simmering anger about ministers’ perceived ignorance about the countryside - and a sense from many farmers of being persistently let down, by this government and its predecessors.
The five-day festival, celebrated by Sikhs and Jains as well as Hindus, symbolises new beginnings, the triumph of light over darkness, good over evil and knowledge over ignorance.
Donald Trump and the Republicans’ concept of “wokeness” when it comes to the military is a fantasy born of ignorance and prejudice.
The BlackPoppyRose charity was launched in 2010 and aims to end the "ignorance concerning the contribution of Africans and People of African origin to a host of European wars throughout the ages".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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