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nonknowledge

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The state of not knowing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • 2009, Christopher Hitchens, Christopher Hitchens interview, reddit.com It's only when you have grazed on the lower slopes of your own ignorance and begun to understand the great vistas of nonknowledge that you have, that you can claim to have been educated at all.

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History

Etymology

From non- + knowledge.