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Nelsonian knowledge

Nelsonian knowledge noun: knowledge which is attributed to a person who has engaged in wilful ignorance of that knowledge and ought to have known it.

Noun

Nelsonian knowledge (uncountable)

  1. Knowledge which is attributed to a person who has engaged in wilful ignorance of that knowledge and ought to have known it.

Origin of Nelsonian knowledge

Derived from a tale told of Admiral Horatio Nelson of the Royal Navy.

Questions about Nelsonian knowledge

What does Nelsonian knowledge mean?
Nelsonian knowledge means knowledge which is attributed to a person who has engaged in wilful ignorance of that knowledge and ought to have known it.
What part of speech is Nelsonian knowledge?
Nelsonian knowledge is a noun.

Words near Nelsonian knowledge in the dictionary

  1. Nelson's sparrow
  2. Nelson's sparrows
  3. Nelson's syndrome
  4. Nelsonesque
  5. Nelsonian
  6. Nelsonian knowledge
  7. Nelsonians
  8. nelsonite
  9. nelsonites
  10. nelsons
  11. Nelsons Plains

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