ignorances
States of unawareness
Ignorances is the plural of ignorance, referring to multiple instances or types of not knowing.
While ignorance is usually uncountable, the plural appears when distinguishing separate gaps in knowledge or understanding: The report catalogued the ignorances that led to the disaster.
It can also mark different kinds of unawareness: willful and accidental ignorances alike.
State of not knowing
- blindspotsAreas outside perception
- gapsUnfilled spaces between
- lacunaeAbsent portions, plural
- deficienciesInsufficient amounts of something
oversights · omissions · unfamiliarity · incomprehension · misunderstandings · misconceptions · illiteracy · unknowing
Exclusive right or benefit
- ethnocentrismBelief one's culture superior
- parochialismExcessive local focus
- insularityNarrow detachment from broader views
- narrow-mindednessClosed thinking, limited perspective
xenophobia · provincialism · shelteredness · bubbles · myopia · biases · stereotyping · othering
Refusal to accept reality
- avoidanceDeliberate keeping away
- dismissalRemoval from position
- disregardWillful lack of attention
- indifferenceLack of interest
apathy · closed-mindedness · stubbornness · prejudice · bias · bigotry · intolerance · willful blindness
Conformity-driven poor decisions
- generational gapsDifferences between age cohorts
- herd mentalityTendency to follow crowds
- conventional wisdomGenerally accepted beliefs
unawareness
State of not knowing
- blindspotsAreas outside perception
- gapsUnfilled spaces between
- lacunaeAbsent portions, plural
deficiencies · oversights · omissions · unfamiliarity · incomprehension · misunderstandings · misconceptions · illiteracy · unknowing · obliviousness
privilege
Exclusive right or benefit
- ethnocentrismBelief one's culture superior
- parochialismExcessive local focus
- insularityNarrow detachment from broader views
narrow-mindedness · xenophobia · provincialism · shelteredness · bubbles · myopia · biases · stereotyping · othering · assumptions
denial
Refusal to accept reality
indifference · apathy · closed-mindedness · stubbornness · prejudice · bias · bigotry · intolerance · willful blindness · turning away
groupthink
Conformity-driven poor decisions
- generational gapsDifferences between age cohorts
- herd mentalityTendency to follow crowds
- conventional wisdomGenerally accepted beliefs
ignorancesknowledges
Plural forms of understanding
understandings · awarenesses · cognitions · comprehensions · expertises
ignoranceseducations
Courses of formal instruction
learnings · scholarships · literacies · schoolings · enlightenments
ignorancesawarenesses
States of being informed
recognitions · realizations · consciousnesses · acknowledgments · appreciations
- ignorance is blissNot knowing protects happiness
- blissful ignorance
- willful ignorancePurposely remaining uninformed
- feign ignoranceFake lack of knowledge
- feigned ignorancePretending not to know
- ignorance is strengthLack of awareness empowers