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Ignorance is the state in which a person lacks knowledge, sophistication or intelligence. The word 'Ignorant' is an adjective describing a person in that state. The term may be used specifically (e.g. "While he is an expert in math, he is totally ignorant of history.") or generally (e.g. "He is an ignorant person.") -- although the second use is used less as a descriptive and more as an imprecise personal insult.

Ignorance may also refer to:






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Man, I cried, how ignorant art thou in thy pride of wisdom!.

Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, unidentified edition, unidentified page

... ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities.

George Eliot, Daniel Deronda, unidentified edition, unidentified page

An ignorant man is always a slave.

Anonymous

I fear ignorance more than I fear death.

Vittorio

If ignorance is bliss, then knock the smile off my face.

Zack de la Rocha

IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.

George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, unidentified edition, unidentified page





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Ignorance is the state in which a person lacks knowledge, sophistication or intelligence. The word 'Ignorant' is an adjective describing a person in that state. The term may be used specifically (e.g. "While he is an expert in math, he is totally ignorant of history.") or generally (e.g. "He is an ignorant person.") -- although the second use is used less as a descriptive and more as an imprecise personal insult.

Ignorance may also refer to:
    • Avidya
      Avidya

      Avidya is a Sanskrit word that holds the semantic field of "ignorance", "delusion", "unlearned", "unwise" and that which is not, or runs counter to, vidya....
      , ignorance as a concept in Vedanta. Vidya is knowledge. Literally, Avidya is not knowledge.
    • Avijja, ignorance as a concept in Buddhism
    • Pluralistic ignorance
      Pluralistic ignorance

      In social psychology, pluralistic ignorance, a term coined by Daniel Katz and Floyd H. Allport in 1931, describes "a situation where a majority of group members privately reject a norm,...
      , a concept in social psychology
    • Rational ignorance
      Rational ignorance

      Rational ignorance occurs when the cost of educating oneself on an issue exceeds the potential benefit that the knowledge would provide.Ignorance about an issue is said to be "rational" when the cost of educating oneself about the issue sufficiently to make an informed decision can outweigh any potential benefit one could reasonably expect...
      , a concept in epistemology
    • Vincible ignorance
      Vincible ignorance

      Vincible ignorance is, in Catholic ethics, a moral or doctrinal matter that could have been removed by diligence reasonable to the circumstances....
      , a moral or doctrinal matter in Catholic ethics that could have been removed by diligence reasonable to the circumstances


  • Literary works and musical performers
  • Ignorance (album)
    Ignorance (album)

    Ignorance is the debut album from Sacred Reich, a thrash metal band originating from Arizona, United States. It was released in 1987 on Metal Blade Records, and was followed up by the 1988 EP, Surf Nicaragua....
    , a 1987 album by American metal band Sacred Reich
  • Ignorance (band)
    Ignorance (band)

    Ignorance was a thrash-funk metal Musical ensemble from United Kingdom. Based in East Midlands, they released two albums on the United States Metal Blade Records in the early 1990s....
    , a British thrash-funk metal band and a South American Folk punk band.
  • Ignorance (novel), a 2000 novel by Milan Kundera
  • Steve Ignorant
    Steve Ignorant

    Steve Ignorant is a singer and artist.He co-founded the anarcho-punk band Crass with Penny Rimbaud in 1977. After Crass stopped performing in 1984, he has worked with other groups including Conflict , Schwartzeneggar , The Stratford Mercenaries, Current 93 , US punk band Thought Crime, as well as being an occasional solo performer....
    , British
    United Kingdom

    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
     punk musician