Definitions for nescience
ˈnɛʃ əns, ˈnɛʃ i əns, ˈnɛs i-ne·science

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ignorantness, nescience, unknowing, unknowingnessnoun

   ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs)

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. nesciencenoun

   The absence of knowledge; ignorance, especially of orthodox beliefs.

2. nesciencenoun

   The doctrine that nothing is actually knowable.

3. Etymology: From nescientia, from the present participle of nescire.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. nescience

   Nescience is the lack of knowledge or awareness; ignorance. It refers to the state of not knowing.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Nesciencenoun

   want of knowledge; ignorance; agnosticism

2. Etymology: [L. nescientia, fr. nesciens, p. pr. of nescire not to know; ne not + scire to know.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Nescience

   nesh′ens, n. want of knowledge.—adj. Nesc′ient. [L. nescientia—nescīre, to be ignorant—ne, not, scīre, to know.]

Matched Categories

1. • Ignorance

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of nescience in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of nescience in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=nescience
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Nescience
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=nescience
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nescience
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=nescience
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=nescience