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nescience::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ignorantness, unknowing, unknowingness |
| Type of | ignorance |
| Derivation | nescient |
Examples of nescience
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This matter is almost unknown to foreigners and nescience may result in misconceptions.
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Engulfed in a haze of nescience was all I could feel.
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Your nescience is just comical but extremely entertaining.
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Avidya is positive nescience not mere ignorance.
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Ramanuja argues that positive nescience is established neither by perception, nor by inference, nor by scriptural testimony.
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- Ignorantness: ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs)
- (nescient) holding that only material phenomena can be known and knowledge of spiritual matters or ultimate causes is impossible
- (nescient) ignorant: uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication; "an ignorant man"; "nescient of contemporary literature"; "an unlearned group incapable of understanding complex issues"; "exhibiting contempt for his unlettered companions"
- (nescient) an ignorant person; an unbeliever; ignorant, unlearned; unbelieving
- Ignorance; esp. that due either to the nature of the human mind or of external things
- Literally, the absence of knowledge. Refers to the covering around the soul consisting of nineteen components: the five subtle sense organs, the five subtle motor organs, the five vital energies, the conscious mind, the subconscious mind, intellect and ego. ...
- Absence or lack of knowledge, ignorance; a form or instance of ignorance. Professor Bristow mentioned this term when discussing Conrad's "The Tale."
