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Sign in to saveIgnorance is a lack of knowledge, information and understanding. Deliberate ignorance is a culturally-induced phenomenon, the study of which is called agnotology.
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Ignorance is simply the lack of knowledge, information, and understanding about something. It matters because sometimes this lack of knowledge is deliberately created or maintained by cultural forces—a phenomenon studied in a field called agnotology—which can have significant effects on individuals and society.
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- Instance of
- philosophical concept
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- A Christmas Carol - Ignorance and Want.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Ignorance
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- Ignorance
- opposite of
- knowledge
- has cause
- ideology
- different from
- Ignorance
- handled, mitigated, or managed by
- learning
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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