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- pronunciation:
- Ig
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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the condition or fact of being ignorant; lack of education, knowledge, training, or the like.
Ignorance of the law is no excuse; you can still go to jail.She failed the test out of ignorance, not because she doesn't have the intelligence to pass.He confessed complete ignorance of car mechanics.
- antonyms:
- education, erudition, familiarity, illumination, knowledge, understanding
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adjective + (n.)ignorance
absolute,
abysmal,
admitting,
appalling,
apparent,
blissful,
collective,
colossal,
complete,
continuing,
deliberate,
false,
feigned,
geographical,
glittering,
gross,
ignorant,
just,
mere,
mutual,
partial,
pervasive,
plain,
pluralistic,
professed,
profound,
pure,
racial,
rational,
relative,
sheer,
simple,
studied,
stunning,
total,
utter,
widespread,
willful
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verb + (n.)ignorance
admit,
arise,
attribute,
betray,
blame,
claim,
conceal,
confess,
confront,
correct,
demonstrate,
dispel,
display,
envy,
exploit,
expose,
feign,
forgive,
manifest,
motivate,
overcome,
plead,
pretend,
profess,
reflect,
reveal,
signify,
stem
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(n.)ignorance
+ verb
breed, fear, perpetuate
noun + (n.)ignorance
arrogance,
bigotry,
claim,
complacency,
confession,
consequence,
cruelty,
darkness,
depth,
economics,
fear,
hate,
hatred,
injustice,
innocence,
isolation,
jewel,
knowledge,
paranoia,
poverty,
pride,
racism,
secrecy,
sin,
veil
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The word ignorance
contains the following part:
cogn, cognit, gnor
Latin
root
that means know, knowledge
  Example words:
cognition, cognitive, cognizable, cognizance, cognoscente, ignorance, ignore, incognito, incognizant, precognition, recognition, recognizance, recognize
- synonyms:
- gnos, gnosis, gnom, -gnomy
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