general ignorance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgeneralandignorance
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general
adjective
uk/ˈdʒen.ər.əl/us/ˈdʒen.ər.əl/
involving or relating to most or all people, things, or places, especially when these are considered as ...
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ignorance
noun[U]
uk/ˈɪɡ.nər.əns/us/ˈɪɡ.nɚ.əns/
lack of knowledge, understanding, or information ...
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(Definition ofgeneralandignorancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Mastery of its contents might also decline in any era throughgeneralignorance.
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This is an argument any layman would concur with, yet thegeneralignoranceof such themes is precisely why we need to increase the stature of public understanding in science.
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I do not think there is anygeneralignoranceof the correct procedure.
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The proposals will stir up considerable debate, however, due togeneralignoranceof their true nature.
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I believe that there isgeneralignoranceof the law of divorce until people have little choice but to interest themselves in its provisions.
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This desire to confuse can only be due togeneralignoranceof the mechanisms of the tax.
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I am distressed by thegeneralignoranceof the public, all sections of the public, on this question.
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The chief characteristic is ageneralignorancein things financial coupled with a growing awareness of investment values.
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The ex-colonial nations may teach something about them in history lessons in their schools, but thegeneralignoranceis very sad.
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One does not need to underline thegeneralignorancevery strongly.
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There appears to be ageneralignorancewhich requires to be corrected with regard to destroyers.
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In this context, the public is kept in moregeneralignorance.
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The fact that they did not do so, or that they maintained their dividends, is merely part of thegeneralignoranceof the system under which we all live.
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A second obstacle is ageneralignoranceof how to start a business on this scale in a country which has never known such a thing.
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This increase in the problem has been caused partly bygeneralignoranceof the illness, coupled with a reluctance to recognise the scale of the problem.
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Nonpoint takes a stance on the dark side of the industrialized society wheregeneralignorancehas caused pollution that corrupts nature, and in the end, man's soul.
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