nescient

C2+ Topic:Education & Learning

US /ˈnɛʃənt/ UK /ˈnɛsiənt/ See IPA manual

adj

Meanings

1

adj
lacking knowledge; ignorant

He remained nescient of the danger growing around him.

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Synonyms

1 adj · lacking knowledge; ignorant ignorant unknowing unaware uninformed unlearned

Opposites

knowledgeable learned aware informed

Word family

Derived forms nescience

Related forms science prescient conscience omniscient

Etymology

From Latin nescient-, stem of nesciens, present participle of nescire ('not to know'), from ne- ('not') + scire ('to know').

nescire Latin scire Latin

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# nescient

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** ˈnɛʃənt
**IPA (UK):** ˈnɛsiənt

## Meanings
1. lacking knowledge; ignorant

## Examples
- He remained nescient of the danger growing around him.

## Synonyms
- ignorant
- unknowing
- unaware
- uninformed
- unlearned

## Antonyms
- knowledgeable
- learned
- aware
- informed

## Derived Forms
- nescience

## Related Forms
- science
- prescient
- conscience
- omniscient

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: nescire
- Root: scire

## Etymology
From Latin nescient-, stem of nesciens, present participle of nescire ('not to know'), from ne- ('not') + scire ('to know').

## AI Etymology
Nescient comes from Latin nescient-, stem of nesciens, present participle of nescire ('not to know'), from ne- ('not') + scire ('to know'). The etymological trail includes Latin nescire, Latin scire. The same word family includes nescience, science, prescient, conscience, omniscient. Its current adjective use means "lacking knowledge; ignorant".

## Topics
- Education & Learning
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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