ignorance
noun
ig·no·rance
ˈig-n(ə-)rən(t)s 
: the state or fact of being ignorant : lack of knowledge, education, or awareness
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Examples of ignorance in a Sentence
His racist attitudes were born out of ignorance.
an appalling ignorance about other cultures
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What made Socrates wise was accepting and even leaning into his own ignorance.
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Matt Butcher, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
Political partisans increasingly share my sports instinct for willful ignorance.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2024
In the language of the marketplace, is the AVF a bad product or just badly pitched?
Those who argue that the recruiting crisis is a marketing failure point to young Americans’ general ignorance of basic facts of military life.
—Gil Barndollar, Vox, 1 Sep. 2024
Some perpetrators have claimed ignorance about the weight of their actions.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Aug. 2024
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Matt Butcher, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
Political partisans increasingly share my sports instinct for willful ignorance.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2024
In the language of the marketplace, is the AVF a bad product or just badly pitched?
Those who argue that the recruiting crisis is a marketing failure point to young Americans’ general ignorance of basic facts of military life.
—Gil Barndollar, Vox, 1 Sep. 2024
Some perpetrators have claimed ignorance about the weight of their actions.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Aug. 2024
See all Example Sentences for ignorance
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“Ignorance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ignorance. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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ignorance
noun
ig·no·rance
ˈig-nə-rən(t)s
: the state or fact of being ignorant : lack of knowledge, education, or awareness
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