ignorantismn.
/ˈɪɡnərəntɪz(ə)m/, /ˈɪɡnərn̩tɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈɪɡnərənˌtɪzəm/ Now rare.
Belief in or advocacy of the value or benefits of remaining ignorant; opposition to critical inquiry or enlightenment. Cf. ignorantist n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > intellectual ignorance > [noun] > opposition to enlightenment
obscurantism1824
obscurancy1825
obscurism1841
ignorantism1850
obscuranticism1927
1850 Daily News 6 June 4/2 There was at least some cunning and consistency in this philosophy of ignorantism, when the good old monks preached it.
1939 E. Pound in Aryan Path Oct. 511/2 What is out of date is the ignorantism coming from Calvin, Cromwell, Baxter, and persisting through the mercantilist era.
2009 Newstex Blogs: Reality-based Community (Nexis) 17 June The last eight years of..denial and ignorantism and stasis on climate.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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n.1850- for the state of
- for the taking
- for the time
- for the time being
- for the time during
- for the use of
- for the very nonce
- for the want of
- for the want of a nail
- for the want of prosecution
- for the wealth of one's soul
- for the wealth of soul
- for the well of
- for the whistling
- for the worse
- for thee
- for this
- for this intent
- for this present
- for three lives
- for till
- for time
- for time being
- for to
- for to die for it