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| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
| Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties |
| Division (I) Formation of Ideas |
| Section V. Results of Reasoning |
| 491. Ignorance. |
| NOUN: | IGNORANCE, nescience, tabula rasa [L.], illiteracy, unlearnedness, crass ignorance, ignorance crasse [F.]; unacquaintance; unconsciousness &c. adj.; darkness, blindness; incomprehension, inexperience, simplicity. sealed book, terra incognita [L.], virgin soil, unexplored ground; dark ages. unknown quantities; x, y, z. [IMPERFECT KNOWLEDGE] smattering, superficiality, half-learning, shallowness, sciolism, glimmering; bewilderment (uncertainty) [See Uncertainty]; incapacity. [AFFECTATION OF KNOWLEDGE] pedantry, charlatanry, charlatanism; Philistine, Philister [Ger.]. |
| VERB: | BE IGNORANT &c. adj.; not know [See Knowledge]; know -not, - not what, - nothing of; have no -idea, - notion, - conception; not have the remotest idea; not know chalk from cheese; not know a B from a -bull’s foot, - battledore, - broomstick. ignore, be blind to; keep in ignorance (conceal) [See Concealment]. see through a glass darkly; have a film over the eyes, have a glimmering &c. n.; wonder whether; not know what to make of (unintelligibility) [See Unintelligibility]; not pretend to say, not take upon oneself to say. |
| ADJECTIVE: | IGNORANT; nescient; unknowing, unaware, unacquainted, unapprized, unwitting, unweeting [obs.], unconscious; witless, weetless [obs.]; a stranger to; unconversant. UNINFORMED, uncultivated, unversed, uninstructed, untaught, uninitiated, untutored, unschooled, unscholarly, unguided, unenlightened; Philistine; behind the age. SHALLOW, superficial, green, rude, empty, half-learned, half-baked [colloq.], low-brow [slang]; illiterate; unread, uninformed, uneducated, unlearned, unlettered, unbookish; empty-headed; pedantic. IN THE DARK; benighted, belated; blinded, blindfold; hoodwinked; misinformed; au bout de son latin [F.], at the end of his tether, at fault; at sea (uncertain) [See Uncertainty]; caught tripping, caught napping. UNKNOWN, unapprehended, unexplained, unascertained, uninvestigated, unexplored, unheard of, unperceived; concealed [See Concealment]; novel. |
| ADVERB: | IGNORANTLY &c. adj.; unawares; for anything one knows, for aught one knows; not that one knows. |
| INTERJECTION: | God -, Heaven -, the Lord -, dear [dial.] -, nobody- knows! |
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