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Definitions for Nescience
ˈnɛʃ əns, ˈnɛʃ i əns, ˈnɛs i-ne·science
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Princeton's WordNet
ignorantness, nescience, unknowing, unknowingnessnoun
ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs)
Wiktionary
nesciencenoun
The absence of knowledge; ignorance, especially of orthodox beliefs.
nesciencenoun
The doctrine that nothing is actually knowable.
Etymology: From nescientia, from the present participle of nescire.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Nesciencenoun
Ignorance; the state of not knowing.
Etymology: from nescio, Latin.
Many of the most accomplished wits of all ages, have resolved their knowledge into Socrates his sum total, and after all their pains in quest of science, have sat down in a professed nescience. Joseph Glanvill, Sceps. c. ii.
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Nescience is the lack of knowledge or awareness; ignorance. It refers to the state of not knowing.
Webster Dictionary
Nesciencenoun
want of knowledge; ignorance; agnosticism
Etymology: [L. nescientia, fr. nesciens, p. pr. of nescire not to know; ne not + scire to know.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Nescience
nesh′ens, n. want of knowledge.—adj. Nesc′ient. [L. nescientia—nescīre, to be ignorant—ne, not, scīre, to know.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Nescience in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Nescience in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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