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- Dictionaryignorance/ˈɪɡn(ə)rəns/
noun
- 1. lack of knowledge or information: "he acted in ignorance of basic procedures" Similar Opposite
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5 days ago · The term lends a scientific name and explanation to a problem that many people immediately recognize—that fools are blind to their own foolishness. As Charles Darwin wrote in his book The Descent of Man, "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge."
1 day ago · in ignorance; in an ignorant manner.
4 days ago · It generally means someone leans toward one thing, group, or person over another in a way usually seen as unfair. Prejudice is making decisions and judging things prematurely using made-up facts or ideas instead of taking the time to learn the truth.
5 days ago · A tendency to discriminate against members of a group. In society, we often see prejudices toward a group based on race, sex, religion, culture, and more. While specific definitions of prejudice given by social scientists often differ, most agree that it involves prejudgments that are usually negative about members of a group.
3 days ago · Ignorance is bliss. It allows the holder to blow away the shadows and brush over the ink blots and see the world through Alice’s looking glass. But such bliss is not afforded to one who cannot be ignorant to the very real decay that lurks within certain places and pews.
5 days ago · But because neither reality nor our desires will reshape themselves at our command, the predictable result of our willful ignorance about God is that we have become stupid about ourselves and our human situation.
3 days ago · śūnya, in the context of buddha dharma, primarily means "empty", or "void," but also means "zero," and "nothing," [7] and derives from the root śvi, meaning "hollow". -tā is a suffix denoting a quality or state of being, equivalent to English "-ness".
