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ignorance

Roget-categorie 491

4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties
4.5. Results of reasoning
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#491. Ignorance

zelfstandig naamwoord

ignorance, nescience, tabula rasa [Lat.], crass ignorance, ignorance crasse [Fr.]unfamiliarity, unacquaintanceunconsciousness etc. adj. — darkness, blindnessincomprehension, inexperience, simplicity.
unknown quantities, x, y, z.
sealed book, terra incognita, virgin soil, unexplored grounddark ages.
[Imperfect knowledge] smattering, sciolism, glimmering, dilettantismbewilderment etc. (uncertainty) 475incapacity.
[Affectation of knowledge] pedantrycharlatanry, charlatismPhilister, Philistine.

werkwoord

be ignorant etc. adj. — not know etc. 490know not, know not what, know nothing ofhave no idea, have no notion, have no conceptionnot have the remotest ideanot know chalk from cheese.
ignore, be blind tokeep in ignorance etc. (conceal) 528.
see through a glass darklyhave a film over the eyes, have a glimmering etc. n. — wonder whethernot know what to make of etc. (unintelligibility) 519not pretend to take upon, not take upon one self to say.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

ignorantnescientunknowing, unaware, unacquainted, unapprised, unapprized, unwitting, unweeting, unconsciouswitless, weetlessa stranger tounconversant.
uninformed, uncultivated, unversed, uninstructed, untaught, uninitiated, untutored, unschooled, misguided, unenlightenedPhilistinebehind the age.
shallow, superficial, green, rude, empty, half-learned, illiterateunread, uninformed, uneducated, unlearned, unlettered, unbookishempty-headed, dizzy, wooly-headedpedanticin the darkbenighted, belatedblinded, blindfoldedhoodwinkedmisinformedau bout de son latin, at the end of his tether, at faultat sea etc. (uncertain) 475caught tripping.
unknown, unapprehended, unexplained, unascertained, uninvestigated, unexplored, unheard of, not perceivedconcealed etc. 528novel.

bijwoord

ignorantly etc. adj. — unawaresfor anything, for aught one knowsnot that one knows.

tussenwerpsel

God knows, Heaven knows, the Lord knows, who knows, nobody knows.

uitdrukking

ignorance never settles a question" [Disraeli]; quantum animis erroris inest! [Lat.] [Ovid]; small Latin and less Greek" [B. Jonson]; that unlettered small-knowing soul" [Love's Labor's Lost]; there is no darkness but ignorance" [Twelfth Night].

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