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NESCIENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nescient mean?
• NESCIENT (adjective)
The adjective NESCIENT has 2 senses:
1. holding that only material phenomena can be known and knowledge of spiritual matters or ultimate causes is impossible
2. uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication
Familiarity information: NESCIENT used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Holding that only material phenomena can be known and knowledge of spiritual matters or ultimate causes is impossible
Synonyms:
nescient; unbelieving
Similar:
agnostic; agnostical (uncertain of all claims to knowledge)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication
Synonyms:
ignorant; nescient; unlearned; unlettered
Context example:
exhibiting contempt for his unlettered companions
Similar:
uneducated (not having a good education)
Derivation:
nescience (ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs))
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