| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | nes·cience |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  n sh  ns, nsh -ns, nsh-, ns-ns, ns- |
| NOUN: | 1. Absence of knowledge or awareness; ignorance. 2. Agnosticism. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Late Latin nescientia, from Latin nescins, nescient-, present participle of nesc re, to be ignorant : ne-, not; see ne in Appendix I + scre, to know; see skei- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | nescient —ADJECTIVE & NOUN
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