ignorantism

noun

ig·​no·​rant·​ism

-nt‧ˌizəm,

-n‧ˌti-

plural -s

: obscurantism

fascism … founding its educational policy on basic ignorantism

—D. F. Fleming

Word History

Etymology

French ignorantisme, from ignorant + -isme -ism

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