nescient

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

agnostic

ignorant

unbelieving

unlearned

unlettered

untaught

agnostical

Translations

αμαθής

entlernt

ignorant

nesciente

agnosticus

agnostisch

onwetend

néscio

ignorante

sich abgewöhnt

çalışarak öğrenilmeyen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈnɛʃənt/

Etymology

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