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unknowingness

Definitions of unknowingness
  1. noun
    unconsciousness resulting from lack of knowledge or attention
    synonyms: unawareness
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    types:
    forgetfulness
    unawareness caused by neglectful or heedless failure to remember
    unselfconsciousness
    the quality of being not self-conscious; unawareness of yourself or of others' views of yourself
    oblivion, obliviousness
    total forgetfulness
    type of:
    unconsciousness
    a state lacking normal awareness of the self or environment
  2. noun
    state of not knowing; the absence of knowledge
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    type of:
    ignorance
    the lack of knowledge or education
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