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wilful ignorance

wilful ignorance noun: a decision in bad faith to avoid becoming informed about something so as to avoid having to make undesirable decisions that such information might prompt.

Noun

wilful ignorance (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic) A decision in bad faith to avoid becoming informed about something so as to avoid having to make undesirable decisions that such information might prompt.

Synonyms of wilful ignorance

Forms of wilful ignorance

alternative USwillful ignorance

Questions about wilful ignorance

What does wilful ignorance mean?
Wilful ignorance means a decision in bad faith to avoid becoming informed about something so as to avoid having to make undesirable decisions that such information might prompt.
What part of speech is wilful ignorance?
Wilful ignorance is a noun.

Words near wilful ignorance in the dictionary

  1. Wilfrid
  2. wilful
  3. wilful blindness
  4. wilful homicide
  5. wilful homicides
  6. wilful ignorance
  7. Wilful Murder
  8. wilfuler
  9. wilfulest
  10. wilfuller
  11. wilfullest

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