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ignorement

ignorement noun: the act of ignoring something.

Noun

ignorement (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) The act of ignoring something.
    • The ignorement of laws, natural and revealed, hitherto recognised as proceeding from God, and the ignorement in many cases of the fact of His existence, must necessarily introduce a radical change into the order of society.1881, Benjamin Wills Newton, Aids to Prophetic Enquiry, page 375
    • These bands have been lauded so persistently as public educators that the visitor dares not overlook them - in fact, he could not even if he would; they are far too noisy for ignorement.1900, Public Opinion, volume 28, page 629

Origin of ignorement

From ignore + -ment.

Questions about ignorement

What does ignorement mean?
Ignorement means the act of ignoring something.
What part of speech is ignorement?
Ignorement is a noun.

Words near ignorement in the dictionary

  1. ignored
  2. ignoree
  3. ignorees
  4. ignorelist
  5. ignorelists
  6. ignorement
  7. ignorer
  8. ignorers
  9. ignores
  10. ignorest
  11. ignoreth

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