nescient

/'nesiənt/

Thân thiện

A student feels nescient about the complex diagram on the board.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Lacking knowledge; ignorant: Describes a state of being uninformed or uneducated about a particular subject or in general.
   • Relating to or characterized by agnosticism: In a philosophical context, it pertains to the doctrine that true knowledge, especially of ultimate causes or spiritual matters, is impossible.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The critic's review was harsh, dismissing the author as nescient of basic historical facts.
  • His nescient remarks about the economy revealed he hadn't read the latest reports.
  • The philosopher's nescient stance held that the nature of God is fundamentally unknowable to the human mind.

Advanced Usage

• "Nescient of": This is the standard prepositional phrase used with this adjective to indicate what specific knowledge is lacking.
  • She was completely nescient of the new company policies.
• Used in formal or academic writing to describe a profound lack of knowledge, often with a critical tone.

Variants and Related Words

• Nescience (noun): The state of being nescient; ignorance, or the philosophical doctrine of agnosticism.
  • His argument was built on a foundation of sheer nescience.
• Scient (archaic, adjective): Knowing; possessing knowledge. (Note: This is a rare, opposite root form, not a direct variant of "nescient").

Synonyms

• Ignorant: Lacking knowledge or awareness.
• Uninformed: Not having or showing knowledge or information.
• Unlearned: Not well educated.
• Agnostic (in the philosophical sense): Holding the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable.

Antonyms

• Knowledgeable: Intelligent and well informed.
• Learned: Having much knowledge acquired by study.
• Erudite: Having or showing great knowledge or learning.
• Omniscient: Knowing everything.

Related Idioms or Phrases

• While "nescient" itself is not commonly used in idioms, it relates to the concept expressed in phrases like:
  • "In the dark": Uninformed about something.
  • "Out of one's depth": Not having the necessary knowledge to understand or deal with something.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication
   • an ignorant man
   • nescient of contemporary literature
   • an unlearned group incapable of understanding complex issues
   • exhibiting contempt for his unlettered companions
2. holding that only material phenomena can be known and knowledge of spiritual matters or ultimate causes is impossible

Từ đồng nghĩa

• ignorant
• unlearned
• unlettered
• unbelieving