ignorance
Other forms: ignorances
If you didn't do any of the reading or homework for your Russian history class, you are probably hoping the teacher won't call on you, so you can hide your ignorance, or lack of knowledge.
The noun ignorance is not a synonym for "stupidity," since its meaning is closer to "being uninformed" than "being unintelligent." Ignorance implies that a person or group needs to be educated on a particular subject. You might have heard the phrase "ignorance is bliss," which means that sometimes it's easier when you don't know the whole truth about something and can be blissfully happy, unaware of unpleasant realities.
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the lack of knowledge or educationtypes:inexperience, rawnesslack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experienceunenlightenmenta lack of understandingilliteracyignorance resulting from not readingtype of:cognitive content, content, mental objectthe sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
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Vocabulary lists containing ignorance
Marigolds are tropical American plants with showy yellow or orange flowers. But in Eugenia Collier's short story, they mean much more to the old woman who grows them, the young girl who destroys them, and the grown-up narrator who remembers them. Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 9 Unit 1's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: Speak, Marigolds, Always Running, 'Race' Politics, WMDs, Chuck Liddell, Address to America's Schoolchildren, An Early Start on College, Why College Isn't for Everyone, Actually, College Is Very Much Worth It
Based on the autobiography of Helen Keller (The Story of My Life), this play explores how teacher Annie Sullivan helps a deaf and blind child develop the skills she needs to cope and to communicate.
A sharp-eyed editor explains how small differences in punctuation can have enormous consequences.