nescience
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Origin of nescience
First recorded in 1605–15; from Late Latin nescientia “ignorance,” from nescient-, the stem of nesciēns, present participle of nescīre “to be ignorant, not to know,” equivalent to ne- “not” + scientia “knowledge”; see science
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The question was a marvel of innocent nescience.
From The Song of the Wolf by Frank Mayer
Science hangs in a void of nescience, a planet turning in the dark.
From A Modern Symposium by G. Lowes (Goldsworthy Lowes) Dickinson
Judging, however, by the Algonquin's replies to Champlain's catechising, his mental attitude was one of admirable neutrality, securely founded on nescience, regarding any or all of the doctrines in debate between Rome and Geneva.
From Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 by William Dawson LeSueur
The Americansʼ good and honest intentions were only equalled by their nescience of the Malay character.
From The Philippine Islands by John Foreman
It is not difficult to detect the fallacies in this argument of Spencer for religious nescience.
From Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors by James Freeman Clarke
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