Ignorance
Ignorance is a state of being uninformed (lack of knowledge). The word ignorant is an adjective describing a person in the state of being unaware and is often used as an insult to describe individuals who deliberately ignore or disregard important information or facts. Ignoramus is commonly used in the US, the UK, and Ireland as a term for someone who is willfully ignorant.
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Famous quotes containing the word ignorance:
“Vanity of science. Knowledge of physical science will not console me for ignorance of morality in time of affliction, but knowledge of morality will always console me for ignorance of physical science.”
—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)
“For this ignorance of me
Seems a kind of innocence.
Fast enough I shall wound it....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)
“Anybody can write a three-volume novel. It merely requires a complete ignorance of both life and literature.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)