benightmentn.
The state or condition of being involved in physical, intellectual, or moral darkness.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > intellectual ignorance > [noun]
thesterc897
blindness971
theosterleykc1000
darkness?c1425
offuscation1502
obscurationa1550
Cimmerianism1630
benightment1651
blindfoldedness1863
benightedness1865
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > [noun] > lack of
blindness971
darkness?c1425
darkishness1583
benightment1651
1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs §162 Confesses their benightment to the black paths of ignorance and error.
1842 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. X. lxxviii. 1003 The benightment of superstition.
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