"Wilful ignorance" refers to a deliberate decision to ignore or avoid knowledge or information, even when it is readily available.
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Synonyms for individual words can be found below.
«wilful»
«ignorance»
Sentences with «wilful ignorance»
- Unintended consequences are a fact of life, but to make policy in wilful ignorance of them is not only disheartening but is nothing short of dangerous. (totalpolitics.com)
- the [endangerment finding] legislation is fundamentally anti-science, just as the rhetoric that supports it is grounded in wilful ignorance. (desmogblog.com)
- They were a gross distortion of the Catholic faith and revealed an almost wilful ignorance of the Catechism in answering questions about mortal sin, confession and holy communion. (faith.org.uk)
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