agnoiology

/ ˌæɡnɔɪˈɒlədʒɪ /

noun

philosophy the theory of ignorance

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Word History and Origins

Origin of agnoiology¹

C19: from Greek a- without + gnōsis knowledge

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Example Sentences

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The leading contradiction which is corrected in the “Agnoiology or Theory of Ignorance” is this: that there can be an ignorance of that of which there can be no knowledge.