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nescience

[ nesh-uhns, nesh-ee-uhns, nes-ee- ]

noun

  1. lack of knowledge; ignorance.


nescience

/ ˈɛɪəԲ /

noun

  1. a formal or literary word for ignorance
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԱԳ, adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of nescience1

First recorded in 1605–15; from Late Latin nescientia “ignorance,” from nescient-, the stem of ԱŧԲ, present participle of Աī “to be ignorant, not to know,” equivalent to ne- “not” + scientia “kԴǷɱ岵”; science
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of nescience1

C17: from Late Latin nescientia, from Latin Աī to be ignorant of, from ne not + ī to know; compare science
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Example Sentences

Critics pounced on his gaffes questioning evolution and asserting that vegetation caused pollution, but, as with Trump, Reagan’s backers cared little about these blunders or his nescience over public affairs.

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Your nescience is just comical but extremely entertaining.

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Our exuberant nescience in matters Sternian extends up to the very publication of Tristram, as far as the determining causes of its production are concerned.

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But all this is merely the old effort to make capital out of nescience, and the stars are before our eyes to prove the contrary.

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He ridiculed with quiet satire the religious nescience and despair which Mansel’s terrific propaganda had been distorted into making the vogue.

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