nescience

Noun
Synonyms: ignorantnessunknowingunknowingness

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs)Synonyms: ignorantnessunknowingunknowingness
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Nescience \Nes"cience\, n. [L. nescientia, fr. nesciens, p. pr. of nescire not to know; ne not + scire to know.] Want of knowledge; ignorance; agnosticism. [1913 Webster]

God fetched it about for me, in that absence and nescience of mine. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]

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