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How to spell ignorance

Ignorance is spelled I-G-N-O-R-A-N-C-E.

What it means: Lack of knowledge or education.

In a sentence: Ignorance is not knowing the answer, but we can learn together! ▶

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Same family: ignorant, ignorantly, ignored, unaware, uneducated. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Ignorance” comes from Latin *ignorantia*, meaning “not knowing,” from *ignorare* “to not know, to disregard.” English has used it since the 1200s to describe both simple lack of knowledge and, sometimes, a stubborn refusal to learn.

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