nescient

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. An ignorant person.
2. One who holds that only material phenomena can be known and knowledge of spiritual matters (the unmeasurable) or ultimate causes is impossible.

Adj

1. Ignorant, unlearned.
2. Unbelieving.

Concepts

ignorant

Synonymes

agnostic

ignorant

unbelieving

unlearned

unlettered

untaught

agnostical

Traductions

αμαθής

entlernt

nesciente

agnosticus

agnostisch

onwetend

néscio

ignorante

sich abgewöhnt

çalışarak öğrenilmeyen

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈnɛʃənt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Ultimately from Latin nesciēns (“ignorant, unknowing”), the present participle of nesciō (“I don’t know, I am ignorant of”).