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nescience

[ nesh-uhns, nesh-ee-uhns, nes-ee- ]
/ ˈnɛʃ əns, ˈnɛʃ i əns, ˈnɛs i- /
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noun
lack of knowledge; ignorance.
agnosticism (def. 2).
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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

OTHER WORDS FROM nescience

nescient, adjectivenon·nes·cience, nounnon·nes·cient, adjective
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Words related to nescience

bewilderment, blindness, callowness, crudeness, darkness, denseness, disregard, dumbness, fog, illiteracy, incapacity, incomprehension, innocence, insensitivity, oblivion, obliviousness, obtuseness, philistinism, rawness, sciolism

British Dictionary definitions for nescience

nescience
/ (ˈnɛsɪəns) /
noun
a formal or literary word for ignorance

Derived forms of nescience

nescient, adjective

Word Origin for nescience

C17: from Late Latin nescientia, from Latin nescīre to be ignorant of, from ne not + scīre to know; compare science
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