单词 | self-nescience |
释义 | > as lemmasself-nescience self-nescience n. Brit. /ˌsɛlfˈnɛsɪəns/ , U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈnɛʃ(i)əns/ , /ˌsɛlfˈnɛsiəns/ the fact or condition of being ignorant of oneself or one's circumstances; a state of ignorance about oneself; lack of self-knowledge.ΚΠ 1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing A 6 We came into the world, and we know not how; we live in't in a self-nescience. 1853 Charleston Med. Jrnl. & Rev. 8 646 The chief cause..was the disposition to regard the evils which the Convention had met to reform as of a technical character. Self-nescience showed itself mainly in this. 1915 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 26 605 Without his self nescience he would be pessimistic. 2012 S. Broadie Nature & Divinity in Plato's Timaeus 155 Let us note the motif of self-nescience present in the story itself. < as lemmas |
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