ignorance

ignorance
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ complete, total, utter
▪ profound, sheer
▪

This showed a profound ignorance of local customs.

▪ appalling, gross
▪

our appalling ignorance of international events

▪ general, widespread
▪ blissful
▪ wilful/willful
▪

a policy based on wilful ignorance of history

VERB + IGNORANCE
▪ betray, demonstrate, display, expose, reveal, show
▪

I tried not to betray my ignorance.

▪

He showed a remarkable ignorance of the facts.

▪ feign
▪

‘Where?’ he asked, feigning ignorance.

▪ admit, confess, plead, profess
▪

I had to confess my ignorance.

▪

He pleaded ignorance of any wrongdoing.

▪ live in, remain in
▪

The sisters lived in total ignorance of each other.

▪ keep sb in
▪

He was kept in ignorance of his true identity.

▪ be based on
▪

These attitudes are based on ignorance and fear.

PREPOSITION
▪ due to ignorance
▪

mistakes due to ignorance

▪ in ignorance (of)
▪

She remained in blissful ignorance of these events.

▪ in your ignorance
▪

Outsiders, in their ignorance, fail to understand this.

▪ through ignorance
▪

Many lives are lost through ignorance.

▪ ignorance about
▪

There is still widespread ignorance about this disease.

▪ ignorance as to, ignorance of
▪

widespread ignorance of the causes of the Civil War


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