Ignorantism

Ignorantism
Ignorantism Ig"no*rant*ism, n. The spirit of those who extol the advantage of ignorance; obscurantism. [1913 Webster]

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  • ignorantism — ig·no·rant·ism …   English syllables

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  • inanity — Synonyms and related words: absence of mind, absurdity, agnosticism, aimlessness, aridity, asininity, barrenness, battiness, big deal, blank, blank mind, blankmindedness, blankness, bloodlessness, bootlessness, brainlessness, buffoonery,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • inexperience — Synonyms and related words: agnosticism, amateurishness, amateurism, blankmindedness, callowness, dewiness, disaccustomedness, empty headedness, freshness, greenhornism, greenness, hiatus of learning, ignorance, ignorantism, ignorantness,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • innocence — Synonyms and related words: agnosticism, artlessness, benignancy, benignity, blankmindedness, blotlessness, bluffness, bluntness, callowness, candor, chastity, childlikeness, cleanliness, cleanness, directness, empty headedness, greenhornism,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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