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ignorancy

ignorancy is the obsolete form of ignorance.

Meaning of ignorance

Noun

ignorance (countable and uncountable, plural ignorances)

  1. The condition of being uninformed or uneducated; lack of knowledge or information.
    • She shows total ignorance about the topic at hand.
  2. (in plural) Sins committed through ignorance.
  3. Existential blindness.

See all 4 meanings of ignorance

Forms of ignorancy

pluralignorancies

Questions about ignorancy

What is ignorancy the obsolete form of?
Ignorancy is the obsolete form of ignorance.

Words near ignorancy in the dictionary

  1. ignoramuses
  2. ignoramusing
  3. ignorance
  4. ignorance is bliss
  5. ignorances
  6. ignorancy
  7. ignorant
  8. ignoranter
  9. ignorantest
  10. ignorantia juris non excusat
  11. Ignorantine

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