nescience

noun /ˈnɛsɪəns/

1. The absence of knowledge, especially of orthodox beliefs.

   countable, uncountable

   Better to have honest nescience than to have militant ignorance.

2. The doctrine that nothing is actually knowable.

   countable, uncountable

   The theory of nescience is but the obverse of the fact of science.

Where it comes from

From Latin nescientia, from the present participle of nescire.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry nescience (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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