agnosis
Syllables: ag·no·sisUK/æɡˈnəʊsɪs/
agnosis noun: epistemologically necessary lack of, indifference to, denial or shunning of knowledge; defective knowledge.
Noun
agnosis (countable and uncountable, plural agnoses)
- Epistemologically necessary lack of, indifference to, denial or shunning of knowledge; defective knowledge.
- And finally, we come to the agnosis, the most important of them all, […]
- I do not refer to the agnosis or the ignorance of cancer in general.1915: The American Journal of Surgery, volume 29, page 379 (Paul B. Hoeber)
- Synonyms:
- agnosticism
Examples of agnosis in a sentence
- This inability to differentiate the directions in relation to each other is a possible cause of optical agnosis.1934, the New York Neurological Association, the Philadelphia Neurological Society, and the Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology...
- They point out that unilateral spatial agnosis is not the sole cause of the disability, and that some degree of bilateral cerebral involvement may be an […]1963, Samuel Brock, Howard P. Krieger, The Basis of Clinical Neurology: The Anatomy and Physiology of the Nervous System in Their...
- The situation of the person who denies that metaphysical objectivity that is essential to the very idea of truth is not only one of self-contradiction, but of permanent agnosis.2005, Paul J. Griffiths, Reinhard Hütter, Reason and the Reasons of Faith, Continuum International Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 331, →ISBN:
Synonyms of agnosis
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Forms of agnosis
| plural | agnoses |
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Origin of agnosis
Derived from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “without, lacking”) + γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge”), literally, “lacking knowledge”.
Words formed from agnosis
Questions about agnosis
- What does agnosis mean?
- Agnosis means epistemologically necessary lack of, indifference to, denial or shunning of knowledge; defective knowledge.
- How do you use agnosis in a sentence?
- This inability to differentiate the directions in relation to each other is a possible cause of optical agnosis.
- What part of speech is agnosis?
- Agnosis is a noun.
- How do you pronounce agnosis?
- Agnosis is pronounced /æɡˈnəʊsɪs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of agnosis?
- The plural of agnosis is agnoses.
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