ignorance

== English == === Alternative forms === ignoraunce === Etymology === From Middle English ignoraunce, ignorance, from From Old French ignorance, from Latin ignōrantia. By surface analysis, ignor(e) +‎ -ance. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĭg'nərəns, IPA(key): /ˈɪɡ.nə.ɹəns/ (General American) enPR: ĭg'nərəns, IPA(key): /ˈɪɡ.nɚ.əns/ === Noun === ignorance (countable and uncountable, plural ignorances) The condition of being uninformed or uneducated; lack of knowledge or information. Synonyms: blindness, cluelessness, knowledgelessness, unawareness, unknowingness, unknowledge (religion, in the plural) Sins committed through ignorance. Existential blindness. ==== Usage notes ==== In Roman Catholic theology, vincible or wilful ignorance is such as one might be fairly expected to overcome, hence it can never be an excuse for sin, whether of omission or of commission; while invincible ignorance, which a person cannot help or abate, altogether excuses from guilt. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === ear coning, enorganic, garcinone == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French ignorance, borrowed from Latin ignōrantia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /i.ɲɔ.ʁɑ̃s/ Rhymes: -ɑ̃s === Noun === ignorance f (plural ignorances) ignorance === Further reading === “ignorance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === rencognai == Old French == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin ignōrantia. === Noun === ignorance oblique singular, f (oblique plural ignorances, nominative singular ignorance, nominative plural ignorances) ignorance (lacking of knowledge; lack of understanding) something that one is ignorant of ==== Descendants ==== English: ignorance French: ignorance === References === Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (ignorance, supplement)