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ignorantism

ignorantism noun: the support or promotion of ignorance, or opposition to knowledge.

Noun

ignorantism (countable and uncountable, plural ignorantisms)

  1. The support or promotion of ignorance, or opposition to knowledge.
    Synonyms:
    obscurantism
  2. An ignorant belief or utterance; a solecism.

Synonyms of ignorantism

Forms of ignorantism

pluralignorantisms

Origin of ignorantism

From ignorant + -ism.

Questions about ignorantism

What does ignorantism mean?
Ignorantism means the support or promotion of ignorance, or opposition to knowledge.
What part of speech is ignorantism?
Ignorantism is a noun.
What is the plural of ignorantism?
The plural of ignorantism is ignorantisms.

Words near ignorantism in the dictionary

  1. ignoranter
  2. ignorantest
  3. ignorantia juris non excusat
  4. Ignorantine
  5. Ignorantines
  6. ignorantism
  7. ignorantisms
  8. ignorantist
  9. ignorantists
  10. ignorantly
  11. ignorantness

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