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All ignorance synonyms

ig·no·rance
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noun ignorance

  • unintelligence — deficient in intelligence; dull; stupid.
  • disregard — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
  • illiteracy — a lack of ability to read and write.
  • bewilderment — Bewilderment is the feeling of being bewildered.
  • insensitivity — deficient in human sensibility, acuteness of feeling, or consideration; unfeeling; callous: an insensitive person.
  • incapacity — lack of ability, qualification, or strength; incapability.
  • darkness — the state or quality of being dark: The room was in total darkness.
  • unconsciousness — not conscious; without awareness, sensation, or cognition.
  • rawness — uncooked, as articles of food: a raw carrot.
  • fog — a second growth of grass, as after mowing.
  • unawareness — not aware or conscious; unconscious: to be unaware of any change.
  • simplicity — the state, quality, or an instance of being simple.
  • innocence — the quality or state of being innocent; freedom from sin or moral wrong.
  • vagueness — (of persons) not clear or definite in thought, understanding, or expression: vague about his motives; a vague person.
  • blindness — unable to see; lacking the sense of sight; sightless: a blind man.
  • unfamiliarity — not familiar; not acquainted with or conversant about: to be unfamiliar with a subject.
  • nescience — lack of knowledge; ignorance.
  • oblivion — the state of being completely forgotten or unknown: a former movie star now in oblivion.
  • dumbness — lacking intelligence or good judgment; stupid; dull-witted.
  • philistinism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a person who is lacking in or hostile or smugly indifferent to cultural values, intellectual pursuits, aesthetic refinement, etc., or is contentedly commonplace in ideas and tastes.
  • uncouth — awkward, clumsy, or unmannerly: uncouth behavior; an uncouth relative who embarrasses the family.
  • sciolism — superficial knowledge.
  • incomprehension — lack of comprehension or understanding: The audience listened politely but with incomprehension.
  • callowness — immature or inexperienced: a callow youth.
  • shallowness — of little depth; not deep: shallow water.
  • denseness — having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact: a dense forest; dense population.
  • crudeness — in a raw or unprepared state; unrefined or natural: crude sugar.
  • obtuseness — not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.
  • naivete — the quality or state of being naive; natural or artless simplicity.
  • benightedness — intellectually or morally ignorant; unenlightened: benighted ages of barbarism and superstition.
  • inexperience — lack of experience.
  • obliviousness — unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to): She was oblivious of his admiration.
  • witlessness — lacking wit or intelligence; stupid; foolish.
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