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nes·cience N0066100 (nĕsh′əns, nĕsh′ē-əns, nēsh′-, nĕs′ē-əns, nē′sē-)n.1. Absence of knowledge or awareness; ignorance.2. Agnosticism.
[Late Latin nescientia, from Latin nesciēns, nescient-, present participle of nescīre, to be ignorant : ne-, not; see ne in Indo-European roots + scīre, to know; see skei- in Indo-European roots.]
nes′cient adj. & n.nescience (ˈnɛsɪəns) n a formal or literary word for ignorance[C17: from Late Latin nescientia, from Latin nescīre to be ignorant of, from ne not + scīre to know; compare science] ˈnescient adjnesc•ience (ˈnɛʃ əns, ˈnɛʃ i əns, ˈnɛs i-)
n. 1. lack of knowledge; ignorance. 2. agnosticism. [1605–15; < Late Latin nescientia ignorance =ne- not + scientia knowledge; see science] nes′cient, adj. nescience, inscience - Nescience and inscience both mean "ignorance."See also related terms for ignorance.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | nescience - ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs)ignorantness, unknowing, unknowingnessignorance - the lack of knowledge or education |
nesciencenoun1. The condition of being ignorant; lack of knowledge or learning:benightedness, ignorance, illiteracy, illiterateness.2. The condition of being uninformed or unaware:ignorance, innocence, obliviousness, unawareness, unconsciousness, unfamiliarity.nescienceenUK
Related to nescience: benightednessSynonyms for nesciencenoun the condition of being ignorant; lack of knowledge or learningSynonyms- benightedness
- ignorance
- illiteracy
- illiterateness
noun the condition of being uninformed or unawareSynonyms- ignorance
- innocence
- obliviousness
- unawareness
- unconsciousness
- unfamiliarity
Synonyms for nesciencenoun ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs)Synonyms- ignorantness
- unknowing
- unknowingness
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