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nesciences

nesciences is the plural of nescience.

Meaning of nescience

Noun

nescience (countable and uncountable, plural nesciences)

  1. The absence of knowledge, especially of orthodox beliefs.
    • Better to have honest nescience than to have militant ignorance.
  2. The doctrine that nothing is actually knowable.
    • The theory of nescience is but the obverse of the fact of science.1895, J. G. Schurman, “Agnosticism”, in The Philosophical Review, volume 4, number 3, page 244

Questions about nesciences

What is nesciences the plural of?
Nesciences is the plural of nescience.

Words near nesciences in the dictionary

  1. Nesby
  2. Nesbys
  3. Nescafe
  4. Nescafé
  5. nescience
  6. nesciences
  7. nescient
  8. nescients
  9. nescious
  10. Nesean
  11. Nesebar

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