ignorance
UK/ˈɪɡ.nə.ɹəns//ˈɪɡ.nɚ.əns/
ignorance noun: the condition of being uninformed or uneducated; lack of knowledge or information.
Noun
ignorance (countable and uncountable, plural ignorances)
- The condition of being uninformed or uneducated; lack of knowledge or information.
- She shows total ignorance about the topic at hand.
- The guard was paying no attention whatever to the running of his train, in total disregard of rules, and, as the recently-published report of a Ministry of Transport Inspecting Officer of Railways shows, there were other disquieting features in the case, such as ignorance on the part of responsible...1956 September, “Notes and News: The Barby Sidings Accident Report”, in Railway Magazine, page 638
- Synonyms:
- blindness, cluelessness, knowledgelessness, unawareness, unknowingness, unknowledge
- Sins committed through ignorance.
- Existential blindness.
Proper noun capitalized: Ignorance
Ignorance
- A personification of ignorance.
ignorance meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
ignorance in Hindi
- condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- अज्ञान ajñān, अविद्या avidyā, बेखबरी bekhabrī, नासमझी nāsamjhī, नादानी nādānī, बेसमझी besamjhī
ignorance in Tamil
- condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- அறியாமை aṟiyāmai
ignorance in Marathi
- अज्ञान, अज्ञानीपणा
ignorance in Urdu
- condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- اگیان agyān
More languagesFewer languages
- ignorance in Bengali
- নিশা niśa
- ignorance in Telugu
- నేరమి nērami, అజ్ఞానం ajñānaṁ, అజ్ఞానము ajñānamu
- ignorance in Malayalam
- അജ്ഞത ajñata, വിവരക്കേട് vivarakkēṭŭ
- ignorance in Kannada
- ಅಜ್ಞಾನ ajñāna
- ignorance in Punjabi
- ਬੇਖ਼ਬਰ bexbar, ਬੇਸਮਝ besmajh, ਨਦਾਨ nadān, ਅਣਜਾਣ aṇajāṇ
- ignorance in Gujarati
- અજ્ઞાન ajñān, અવિદ્યા avidyā
- ignorance in Odia
- ଅଜ୍ଞତା ajñatā
- ignorance in Sanskrit
- अज्ञान ajñāna, अविद्या avidyā
- ignorance in Nepali
- अँध्यारो ãdhyāro
- ignorance in Pashto
- تیاره tyārë
- ignorance in Tagalog
- kamangmangan, ignoransiya
- ignorance in Arabic
- جَهْل jahl, جَهَالَة jahāla
- ignorance in Indonesian
- ketidaktahuan
- ignorance in Persian
- جهل jahl, جهالت jehâlat, نادانی nâdâni
- ignorance in Thai
- ความไม่รู้ kwaam mâi róo
- ignorance in Vietnamese
- sự thiếu hiểu biết, sự dốt nát
Examples of ignorance in a sentence
- Racism often connotes an underlying fear or ignorance.
- Better to have honest nescience than to have militant ignorance.
- Jones straps on the tools of ignorance.
Synonyms of ignorance
Forms of ignorance
| plural | ignorances |
|---|---|
| alternative form | ignoraunce |
Origin of ignorance
From Middle English ignoraunce, ignorance, from From Old French ignorance, from Latin ignōrantia. By surface analysis, ignor(e) + -ance.
Words formed from ignorance
Phrases with ignorance
Questions about ignorance
- What does ignorance mean?
- Ignorance means the condition of being uninformed or uneducated; lack of knowledge or information.
- What is ignorance in Hindi?
- Ignorance in Hindi is अज्ञान (ajñān), अविद्या (avidyā), बेखबरी (bekhabrī). See Ignorance meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ignorance?
- Ignorance can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce ignorance?
- Ignorance is pronounced /ˈɪɡ.nə.ɹəns/ (UK).
- What is the plural of ignorance?
- The plural of ignorance is ignorances.
Words near ignorance in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ignorance (page history and authors); Ignorance (page history and authors); ignorance (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); নিশা (Bengali) (page history and authors); अँध्यारो (Nepali) (page history and authors); تیاره (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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