unawareness
State of ignorance
Unawareness is the state of not knowing or noticing something.
It implies ignorance that may be innocent or willful: His unawareness of the danger put everyone at risk.
The word often suggests a gap between what someone perceives and what's actually happening: She lived in blissful unawareness of the gossip surrounding her.
Lacking awareness or information
- nescienceLack of knowledge
- unenlightenedLacking awareness or knowledge
- uninformedLacking necessary knowledge
- uneducatedLacking formal instruction
unschooled · unlearned · uninstructed · unversed · uninitiated · unacquainted · inexperience · benighted
Free from moral wrong
- purityUncontaminated quality
- blamelessFree of wrongdoing
- guiltlessNot at fault
- faultlessFree from any defect
unblemished · untainted · uncorrupted · unsullied · clean-handed · unwitting · unintentional · unknowing
Lacking any awareness
- unmindfulLacking awareness or attention
- heedlessCareless of consequences
- inattentiveNot paying attention
- unobservantNot paying attention
unseeing · unconscious · insensible · incognizant · unnoticing · unperceptive · unwitting · unsuspecting
Convincing yourself of falsehoods
- avoidanceDeliberate keeping away
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
- disregardWillful lack of attention
- neglectFailure to provide care
Innocently unsuspecting
- gullibleEasily deceived
- credulousProne to blind trust
- unsophisticatedLacking refinement or complexity
- inexperiencedLacking practical knowledge
unworldly · ingenuous · artless · guileless · trusting · unsuspecting · green · callow
unknowing
Lacking awareness or information
- nescienceLack of knowledge
- unenlightenedLacking awareness or knowledge
- uninformedLacking necessary knowledge
uneducated · unschooled · unlearned · uninstructed · unversed · uninitiated · unacquainted · inexperience · benighted · untutored
innocent
Free from moral wrong
faultless · unblemished · untainted · uncorrupted · unsullied · clean-handed · unwitting · unintentional · unknowing · harmless
oblivious
Lacking any awareness
- unmindfulLacking awareness or attention
- heedlessCareless of consequences
- inattentiveNot paying attention
unobservant · unseeing · unconscious · insensible · incognizant · unnoticing · unperceptive · unwitting · unsuspecting · unheeding
self-deception
Convincing yourself of falsehoods
- avoidanceDeliberate keeping away
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
- disregardWillful lack of attention
naive
Innocently unsuspecting
- gullibleEasily deceived
- credulousProne to blind trust
- unsophisticatedLacking refinement or complexity
inexperienced · unworldly · ingenuous · artless · guileless · trusting · unsuspecting · green · callow · wide-eyed
- inattentiondistracted, spacing, absent-minded, distraction, obliviousness
- knowledge gapsignorance, gaps, information gap, blind spots, blind spot
- blind spotsscotoma, bias, unconscious bias, oversight, confirmation bias
- cluelessnessobliviousness, ignorance, blankness, clueless, blank stare
- ignoranceignorance, nescience, in the dark, clueless, oblivious
- awarenessalertness, attention, cognizance, conscious, attentiveness
unawarenessawareness
State of perceiving reality
consciousness · cognizance · mindfulness · alertness · attentiveness
unawarenessknowledge
Understood facts and skills
understanding · comprehension · familiarity · education · experience