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Recent Examples of nescience But this time her nescience was justified. Matthew Continetti, National Review, 18 Jan. 2025 Critics pounced on his gaffes questioning evolution and asserting that vegetation caused pollution, but, as with Trump, Reagan’s backers cared little about these blunders or his nescience over public affairs. Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2020

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“Nescience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nescience. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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