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nescient

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nesc⋅ience

  [nesh-uhns, nesh-ee-uhns, nes-ee-]
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–noun
1. lack of knowledge; ignorance.
2. agnosticism.
Origin:
1605–15; < LL nescientia ignorance, equiv. to ne- not + scientia knowledge; see science

Related forms:
nescient, adjective
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nes·cience   (něsh'əns, něsh'ē-əns, nēsh'-, něs'ē-əns, nē'sē-)   
n.  

  1. Absence of knowledge or awareness; ignorance.

  2. Agnosticism.


[Late Latin nescientia, from Latin nesciēns, nescient-, present participle of nescīre, to be ignorant : ne-, not; see ne in Indo-European roots + scīre, to know; see skei- in Indo-European roots.]
nes'cient adj. & n.
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