ignorance
Plural: ignorances
Noun
- the lack of knowledge or education
- The condition of being uninformed or uneducated; lack of knowledge or information.
- Sins committed through ignorance.
Examples
- She shows total ignorance about the topic at hand.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English ignoraunce, ignorance, from
From Old French ignorance, from Latin ignÅrantia. By surface analysis, ignor(e) + -ance.
Synonyms
blindness, cluelessness, knowledgelessness, unawareness, unknowingness, unknowledge
Scrabble Score: 12
ignorance: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordignorance: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ignorance: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 16
ignorance: valid Words With Friends Word