The lack of knowlege to a situation. Usually once the whole truth is revealed you realize you were happier being clueless.
Sherry was very happy with her boyfriend.. until she was informed he was cheating on her.
She thought to herself "ignorance is bliss", and broke up with him.
She thought to herself "ignorance is bliss", and broke up with him.
by Snackjuice10 September 30, 2007
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1. Having the lack of knowledge, or background/factual information of a particular thing in general. However, the effect in which this person will be proceeding with their "unproven knowledge" imbedded in their mind as if factual information, they, in turn, will plan on using it in the future to make false and incorrect statements based on what they didn't know about the particular thing, or may have heard as a majority of votes for.
And being ignorant does not mean stupid. There's a big difference between the two words.
1. Having the lack of knowledge, or background/factual information of a particular thing in general. However, the effect in which this person will be proceeding with their "unproven knowledge" imbedded in their mind as if factual information, they, in turn, will plan on using it in the future to make false and incorrect statements based on what they didn't know about the particular thing, or may have heard as a majority of votes for.
And being ignorant does not mean stupid. There's a big difference between the two words.
1. During World War Two, in an American city(in the U.S.), two ignorant policemen arrested an Asian man who is in charge of a small store because he looked like a Chinese spy when he was really Japanese and not a spy.
2. Derek walked up to Shavam, noticing that he looked like he was from India, and asks him, "Are you Indian?" Shavam replies, "Yes." Derek then asks, "Say somethin' Indian." Shavam, confused, walks off. Kaitie, who was watching the whole conversation, walks up to Derek and tells him he is ignorant because of what he said.
3. Rebecca turned on a lamp and the bulb went out, so she went to get a new lightbulb, leaving the lamp switched to "ON". Freddy, her ignorant little brother, saw the bulbless lamp, and wondered what would happen if he stuck his finger in the lightbulb socket of the lamp, not knowing that he would get shocked.
2. Derek walked up to Shavam, noticing that he looked like he was from India, and asks him, "Are you Indian?" Shavam replies, "Yes." Derek then asks, "Say somethin' Indian." Shavam, confused, walks off. Kaitie, who was watching the whole conversation, walks up to Derek and tells him he is ignorant because of what he said.
3. Rebecca turned on a lamp and the bulb went out, so she went to get a new lightbulb, leaving the lamp switched to "ON". Freddy, her ignorant little brother, saw the bulbless lamp, and wondered what would happen if he stuck his finger in the lightbulb socket of the lamp, not knowing that he would get shocked.
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Adam suffers from Hotness Hypnosis Ignorance; he is aware that he is overlooking the serious flaws in Eve's psycho personality, and continues dating her because of her smokin' hot bod.
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We’re in a world of infinite interruption and infinite minutia. Practice ‘selective ignorance’—you don’t need to know and follow everything.
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- Someone who is incredibly ignorant or stupid beyond any standard of reason.
- Someone who holds relatively extreme forms of ignorant beliefs.
- Someone who is impressionable or inclined to gravitate towards extreme or otherwise ridiculously ignorant beliefs/ideologies.
- Someone who is incredibly ignorant or stupid beyond any standard of reason.
- Someone who holds relatively extreme forms of ignorant beliefs.
- Someone who is impressionable or inclined to gravitate towards extreme or otherwise ridiculously ignorant beliefs/ideologies.
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