ignorance
noun
the state or fact of being ignorant; lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc.
self-ignorance
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a word derived from
ignorance.
Example Sentences
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It was not self-ignorance that led John to claim to be but a voice, nor was it mock humility.
From The Life of Jesus of Nazareth by Rush Rhees
Jacques patronizing the fool, is one of the rarest shows of self-ignorance.
From A Dish of Orts : Chiefly Papers on the Imagination, and on Shakespeare by George MacDonald
Your misery in the military life, like that of the nominal Christian, arose from your love of ease, your cowardice, and your self-ignorance.
From The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales by Hannah More
By holding one’s self entirely aloof from humanity one encourages self-ignorance.
From The Associate Hermits by A. B. (Arthur Burdett) Frost
This self-ignorance is less common among men than among women, with their deliberate training to self-consciousness and to duplicity; it is most common among those—men as well as women—who think about themselves chiefly.
From The Second Generation by David Graham Phillips
