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Ignorance

The condition of being ignorant; the want of knowledge in general, or in relation to a particular subject; the state of being uneducated or uninformed.

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Content 76% connected

Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest.

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Illiteracy 76% connected

The state of being illiterate, or uneducated; want of learning, or knowledge; ignorance; specifically, inability to read and write; as, the illiterac…

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Inexperience 76% connected

Absence or want of experience; lack of personal and experimental knowledge; as, the inexperience of youth.

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Nescience 76% connected

Want of knowledge; ignorance; agnosticism.

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Rawness 76% connected

The quality or state of being raw.

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Ignorant 74% connected

Destitute of knowledge; uninstructed or uninformed; untaught; unenlightened.

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Ignorant 74% connected

Destitute of knowledge; uninstructed or uninformed; untaught; unenlightened.

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Cognition noun · 86% connection

the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

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Cognitive content noun · 86% connection

the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

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Cognitive factor noun · 86% connection

something immaterial (as a circumstance or influence) that contributes to producing a result

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Cognitive operation noun · 86% connection

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…

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Cognitive process noun · 86% connection

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…

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Condensation noun · 86% connection

(psychoanalysis) an unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a single symbol; especially in dreams

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Deciding noun · 86% connection

the cognitive process of reaching a decision; "a good executive must be good at decision making"

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Ego noun · 86% connection

(psychoanalysis) the conscious mind

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Episteme noun · 86% connection

the body of ideas that determine the knowledge that is intellectually certain at any particular time

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General knowledge noun · 86% connection

knowledge that is available to anyone

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Invalidation noun · 86% connection

when a person's thoughts and feelings are rejected, ignored, or judged.; "Invalidation is emotionally upsetting for anyone, but partic…

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Knowledge noun · 86% connection

the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

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Lexis noun · 86% connection

all of the words in a language; all word forms having meaning or grammatical function

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Mental attitude noun · 86% connection

a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that wo…

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Mental lexicon noun · 86% connection

a language user's knowledge of words

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Mental object noun · 86% connection

the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

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Mental process noun · 86% connection

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…

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Noesis noun · 86% connection

the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

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Allegory noun · 78% connection

A figurative sentence or discourse, in which the principal subject is described by another subject resembling it in its properties and…

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Amongst preposition · 78% connection

Expressing a relation of dispersion, distribution, etc.; also, a relation of reciprocal action.

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Artless adjective · 78% connection

Wanting art, knowledge, or skill; ignorant; unskillful.

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Authentic noun · 78% connection

Having as immediate relation to the tonic, in distinction from plagal, which has a correspondent relation to the dominant in the octav…

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Case noun · 78% connection

One of the forms, or the inflections or changes of form, of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, which indicate its relation to other words,…

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Consanguinity noun · 78% connection

The relation of persons by blood, in distinction from affinity or relation by marriage; blood relationship; as, lineal consanguinity;…

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Correlate verb · 78% connection

To put in relation with each other; to connect together by the disclosure of a mutual relation; as, to correlate natural phenomena.

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Correlation noun · 78% connection

Reciprocal relation; corresponding similarity or parallelism of relation or law; capacity of being converted into, or of giving place…

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Correspondence noun · 78% connection

Mutual adaptation, relation, or agreement, of one thing to another; agreement; congruity; fitness; relation.

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Dark adjective · 78% connection

Destitute of knowledge and culture; in moral or intellectual darkness; unrefined; ignorant.

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Empiricism noun · 78% connection

Specifically, a practice of medicine founded on mere experience, without the aid of science or a knowledge of principles; ignorant and…

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Experience noun · 78% connection

An act of knowledge, one or more, by which single facts or general truths are ascertained; experimental or inductive knowledge; hence,…

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Eye dialect noun · 78% connection

the use of misspellings to identify a colloquial or uneducated speaker

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