name
Meaning 1
A personification of ignorance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
ignorance
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: ĭg'nərəns
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɪɡ.nə.ɹəns/
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General-American: ĭg'nərəns
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General-American: /ˈɪɡ.nɚ.əns/
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Australian: /ˈɪɡ.nə.ɹəns/
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New-Zealand: /ˈəɡ.nə.ɹəns/
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noun
Meaning 2
The condition of being uninformed or uneducated; lack of knowledge or information.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- She shows total ignorance about the topic at hand.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: blindness, cluelessness, knowledgelessness, unawareness, unknowingness, unknowledge
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Sins committed through ignorance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, in-plural, uncountable
Topics: lifestyle, religion
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Existential blindness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
the lack of knowledge or education
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: content, cognitive content, mental object
Narrower terms: ignorantness, nescience, unknowing, unknowingness, inexperience, rawness, unenlightenment, illiteracy
History
Etymology
From Middle English ignoraunce, ignorance, from From Old French ignorance, from Latin ignōrantia. By surface analysis, ignor(e) + -ance.
Across languages
Translations
153 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: onkunde — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Albanian: injorancë — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Amharic: አለማወቅ (ʾälämawäḳ) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Amharic: አላዋቂነት (ʾälawaḳinät) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Arabic: جَهْل (jahl) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Arabic: جَهَالَة (jahāla) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Armenian: անգիտություն (angitutʻyun) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Armenian: տգիտություն (tgitutʻyun) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Asturian: inorancia — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Asturian: inoranza — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Azerbaijani: cəhalət — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Azerbaijani: zülmət — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Azerbaijani: nadanlıq — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Azerbaijani: avamlıq — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Belarusian: неву́цтва (njevúctva) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Belarusian: няве́данне (njavjédannje) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Breton: diouiziegez — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Bulgarian: неве́жество (nevéžestvo) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Bulgarian: незна́ние (neznánie) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Bulgarian: неве́дение (nevédenie) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Catalan: ignorància — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Cebuano: katagaw — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Cherokee: ᎤᎧᏁᎳ (ukanela) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Chinese Mandarin: 無知 /无知 (wúzhī) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Maore Comorian: ujinga — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Ngazidja Comorian: udjinga — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Czech: neznalost — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Czech: nevědomost — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Danish: uvidenhed — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Dutch: onwetendheid — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Dutch: ignorantie — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Dutch: onkunde — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Esperanto: nescio — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Estonian: teadmatus — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Estonian: asjatundmatus — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Estonian: võhiklikkus — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Estonian: ignorantsus — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Faroese: fávitska — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Faroese: fákunna — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Finnish: tietämättömyys — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- French: ignorance — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Galician: ignorancia — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Georgian: უვიცობა (uvicoba) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- German: Unwissenheit — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- German: Unwissen — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- German: Nichtwissen — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐍆𐍂𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹 (unfrōdei) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌹 (unkunþi) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Greek: άγνοια (ágnoia) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Ancient Greek: ἄγνοια (ágnoia) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Ancient Greek: ἀμαθία (amathía) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Gujarati: અજ્ઞાન (ajñān) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Gujarati: અવિદ્યા (avidyā) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Hebrew: בּוּרוּת — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Hindi: अज्ञान (ajñān) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Hindi: अविद्या (avidyā) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Hindi: बेखबरी (bekhabrī) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Hindi: नासमझी (nāsamjhī) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Hindi: नादानी (nādānī) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Hindi: बेसमझी (besamjhī) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Hindi: अनभिज्ञता (anbhijñatā) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Hungarian: tudatlanság — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Icelandic: fáfræði — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Icelandic: fáviska — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Icelandic: vanþekking — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Icelandic: þekkingarleysi — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Icelandic: fákunnátta — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Icelandic: vankunnátta — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Ido: nesavo — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Indonesian: ketidaktahuan — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Interlingua: inscientia — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Irish: aineolas — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Irish: ainbhios — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Italian: ignoranza — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Japanese: 無知 (muchi) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Kannada: ಅಜ್ಞಾನ (ajñāna) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Kazakh: надандық (nadandyq) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Khmer: ភាពល្ងង់ខ្លៅ (phiep lŋʊəŋ klav) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Korean: 무지 (muji) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Central Kurdish: نەزانی (nezanî) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Northern Kurdish: nezanî — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Kyrgyz: билбестик (bilbestik) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Latin: ignorantia — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Latvian: nezināšana — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Lithuanian: nežinojimas — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Lun Bawang: falung — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Macedonian: незнаење (neznaenje) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Malagasy: tsifahalalana — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Malayalam: അജ്ഞത (ajñata) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Malayalam: വിവരക്കേട് (vivarakkēṭŭ) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Manx: neufys — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Manx: neuhoiggaltys — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Māori: kūaretanga — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Norwegian Bokmål: uvitenhet — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Occitan: ignorància — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Odia: ଅଜ୍ଞତା (ajñatā) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Old English: nytennes — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Oromo: wallaalummaa — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Persian: جهل (jahl) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Persian: جهالت (jehâlat) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Persian: نادانی (nâdâni) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Polish: ignorancja — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Polish: niewiedza — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Polish: nieuctwo — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Polish: nieznajomość — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Polish: nieświadomość — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Portuguese: ignorância — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Punjabi: ਬੇਖ਼ਬਰ (bexbar) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Punjabi: ਬੇਸਮਝ (besmajh) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Punjabi: ਨਦਾਨ (nadān) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Punjabi: ਅਣਜਾਣ (aṇajāṇ) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Punjabi: ਅਗਿਆਨ (agiāna) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Romanian: ignoranță — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Russian: неве́жество (nevéžestvo) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Russian: неве́дение (nevédenije) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Russian: незна́ние (neznánije) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Russian: неосведомлённость (neosvedomljónnostʹ) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Inari-Sami: tietimettumvuotâ — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Northern Sami: diehtemeahttunvuohta — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Skolt-Sami: tieʹđǩanivuõtt — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Sanskrit: अज्ञान (ajñāna) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Sanskrit: अविद्या (avidyā) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Scottish Gaelic: ainfhios — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Scottish Gaelic: ainfhiosrachd — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Scottish Gaelic: aineolas — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Serbo-Croatian: незнање — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Serbo-Croatian: neznanje — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Sicilian: gnuranza — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Slovak: neznalosť — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Slovak: nevedomosť — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Slovene: nevednost — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Spanish: ignorancia — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Swahili: ujinga — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Swedish: okunnighet — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Swedish: ignorans — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Swedish: okunskap — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Tagalog: kamangmangan — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Tagalog: ignoransiya — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Tamil: அறியாமை (aṟiyāmai) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Telugu: నేరమి (nērami) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Telugu: అజ్ఞానం (ajñānaṁ) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Telugu: అజ్ఞానము (ajñānamu) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Thai: ความไม่รู้ (kwaam mâi róo) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Turkish: cehalet — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Turkish: bilgisizlik — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Ukrainian: неві́гластво (nevíhlastvo) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Ukrainian: неу́цтво (neúctvo) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Ukrainian: незнання́ (neznannjá) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Urdu: اگیان (agyān) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Vietnamese: sự thiếu hiểu biết — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Vietnamese: sự dốt nát — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Welsh: anwybodaeth — condition of being uninformed or uneducated
- Yiddish: אומוויסנהײַט (umvisnhayt) — condition of being uninformed or uneducated