ignorance B2 Topic:Education & Learning US /ˈɪɡ.nɚ.əns/ UK /ˈɪɡ.nə.ɹəns/ See IPA manual Freq #8304 Meanings 1 noun A lack of knowledge or information about something. Her ignorance of basic geography surprised everyone. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a lack of knowledge or... unawarenesscluelessness Word family Derived forms ignorantignorization Common collocations blissful ignorance Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Middle English ignoraunce, ignorance, from From Old French ignorance, from Latin ignōrantia. By surface analysis, ignor(e) + -ance. ignoraunce Middle English ignorance Old French ignōrantia Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Education & Learning External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # ignorance **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈɪɡ.nɚ.əns/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈɪɡ.nə.ɹəns/ **Frequency rank:** 8304 ## Meanings 1. A lack of knowledge or information about something. ## Examples - Her ignorance of basic geography surprised everyone. ## Derived Forms - ignorant - ignorization ## Roots and Affixes - Root: ignoraunce - Root: ignorance - Root: ignōrantia ## Etymology From Middle English ignoraunce, ignorance, from From Old French ignorance, from Latin ignōrantia. By surface analysis, ignor(e) + -ance. ## AI Etymology Ignorance comes from Middle English ignoraunce, ignorance, from From Old French ignorance, from Latin ignōrantia. By surface analysis, ignor(e) + -ance. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. In current use, the main sense is “A lack of knowledge or information about something”. ## Topics - Education & Learning markdown