Choosing to remain uninformed because the marginal cost of obtaining the information is higher than the marginal benefit of knowing it.
Commonly practiced by hicks that don't wish to change their point of views about ANYTHING.
Commonly practiced by hicks that don't wish to change their point of views about ANYTHING.
"All dem blackies wanna do is steal turnips outta mah garden!"
"Those Muslims and Hin-don'ts are the devil!"
"Men are pigs!"
"Those Muslims and Hin-don'ts are the devil!"
"Men are pigs!"
by Jordandijinz0rz January 31, 2005
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Abbreviation: GenIg
Abbreviation: GenIg
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Forming an "opinion" on a subject for which one knows absolutely nothing about and voicing that opinion, thus showing lack of knowledge or ambition to becoming remotely intelligent on the subject mattter.
Ignorance is choosing to do something just because someone told you that you need to, or that you should without doing the research for yourself to make an educated and informed decision.
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Friend 2: "oh jeez, don't go on there. That's where your innocence and childhood go to die."
Friend 2: "oh jeez, don't go on there. That's where your innocence and childhood go to die."
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Loosing childhood mentality of harmlessness and learning about the evils of people and discovering about sex, urges, and porn
Based on my child's enternet history, I think he has already confronted with loss of innocence innocence from his enterest in "Horse tears up teen"
by Pusspussdestroyer March 18, 2015
Get the loss of innocence mug.ignorement n ignore + suffix ment; cf. treatment, excitement - a noun that signifies ignoring something or somebody, corresponding to the verb ignore, but different from ignorance (which is derived from ignore, but has a different meaning, "lack of knowledge").
I hoped to receive forgiveness but instead was met with suspicion and ignorement.
Your son's continuous ignorement of his civil duties needs to be noticed and reprimanded.
The government shows the same ignorement towards human lives as towards human rights.
Your son's continuous ignorement of his civil duties needs to be noticed and reprimanded.
The government shows the same ignorement towards human lives as towards human rights.
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