Definitions for willful ignorance
will·ful ig·no·rance

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1. willful ignorancenoun

   A bad faith decision to avoid becoming informed about something so as to avoid having to make undesirable decisions that such information might prompt. It may also be shown as for a person to have no clue in a decision but still goes ahead in their decision.

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1. willful ignorance

   Willful blindness is a term used in law to describe a situation in which a person seeks to avoid civil or criminal liability for a wrongful act by intentionally keeping themselves unaware of facts that would render them liable or implicated. In United States v. Jewell, the court held that proof of willful ignorance satisfied the requirement of knowledge as to criminal possession and importation of drugs.: 225 Although the term was originally—and still is—used in legal contexts, the phrase "willful ignorance" has come to mean any situation in which people intentionally turn their attention away from an ethical problem that is believed to be important by those using the phrase (for instance, because the problem is too disturbing for people to want it dominating their thoughts, or from the knowledge that solving the problem would require extensive effort).

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of willful ignorance in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of willful ignorance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of willful ignorance in a Sentence

1. Gabrielle Usatynski:

   It shows a total lack of regulation engaging the liability of social media providers and digital platforms to police exploitative content, it shows a willful ignorance of the very well-known dangers of the cyber-world for minors.

2. Richard K. Morgan:

   Society is, always has been and always will be a structure for the exploitation and oppression of the majority through systems of political force dictated by an élite, enforced by thugs, uniformed or not, and upheld by a willful ignorance and stupidity on the part of the very majority whom the system oppresses.

3. Dudley Sharp:

   So often, it seems, that willful ignorance is, now, the default position for absolute certainty. Dudley Sharp, 2019

4. Roger Abramson:

   There's no way you could reasonably associate choosing to go without vaccinations for Covid... and assuming that you're in the same spot as a Jewish person in Nazi Germany, to me, it's willful ignorance.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Willful_Ignorance
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willful_Ignorance