nescience
121in|sci|ence — «IHN shee uhns, shuhns», noun. lack of knowledge; ignorance; nescience: »My narrative gradually progresses from inscience to awareness (Sean O Faolain). ╂[< Latin inscientia < īnsciēns; see etym. under inscient (Cf. ↑inscient)] …
122nes|cience — «NEHSH uhns, ee uhns», noun. 1. lack of knowledge; ignorance: »the…involuntary nescience of men (Jeremy Taylor). 2. the philosophical doctrine, implicit in many forms of agnosticism, that knowledge cannot rest on other than the phenomena of… …
