nescience
pronunciation
How to pronounce nescience in British English:
UK ['neʃɪəns]
How to pronounce nescience in American English:
US ['neʃɪrns]
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- Noun:
- ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs)
Word Origin
- nescience (n.)
- "ignorance," 1610s, from Late Latin nescientia, from nesciens (see nescient).
Example
- 1. Discussions communicate knowledge and quarrels exchange nescience .
- 2. Those in goodness worship the demigods , those in passion worship the demoniac , other personas in nescience the spirits of the dead and ghosts .
- 3. Always aspiring for self-realization , constantly meditating on the ultimate truth as the goal of true wisdom ; all this is thus proclaimed as knowledge and whatever is contrary to this is nescience .
- 4. Only one who can learn the process of nescience and that of transcendental knowledge side by side can transcend the influence of repeated birth and death and enjoy the full blessings of immortality .
- 5. Happiness arising from sleep , sloth and irresponsibility which deludes the embodied self in the beginning and at the end is called in the nature of nescience .