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Meaning of "agnoiology" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD AGNOIOLOGY

From Greek a- without + gnōsis knowledge.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF AGNOIOLOGY

ˌæɡnɔɪˈɒlədʒɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AGNOIOLOGY

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Agnoiology is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AGNOIOLOGY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Agnotology

Agnotology is the study of culturally induced ignorance or doubt, particularly the publication of inaccurate or misleading scientific data. The neologism was coined by Robert N. Proctor, a Stanford University professor specializing in the history of science and technology. Its name derives from the Neoclassical Greek word ἄγνωσις, agnōsis, "not knowing", and -λογία, -logia. More generally, the term also highlights the increasingly common condition where more knowledge of a subject leaves one more uncertain than before. A prime example of the deliberate production of ignorance cited by Proctor is the tobacco industry's conspiracy to manufacture doubt about the cancer risks of tobacco use. Under the banner of science, the industry produced research about everything except tobacco hazards to exploit public uncertainty. Some causes of culturally induced ignorance are media neglect, corporate or governmental secrecy and suppression, document destruction, and myriad forms of inherent or avoidable culturopolitical selectivity, inattention, and forgetfulness.

Definition of agnoiology in the English dictionary

The definition of agnoiology in the dictionary is the theory of ignorance.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AGNOIOLOGY

anesthesiology · archaeology · archeology · biology · cardiology · epidemiology · etiology · geology · ideology · kinesiology · microbiology · neurobiology · ology · pathophysiology · physiology · radiology · sociology · soteriology · theology · zoology

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AGNOIOLOGY

agnathan · agnathous · agnatic · agnatical · agnatically · agnation · Agnes · Agnesi · Agnew · Agni · agnise · agnize · agnomen · agnomina · agnominal · Agnon · agnosia · agnosic · agnostic · agnosticism

WORDS THAT END LIKE AGNOIOLOGY

anthology · anthropology · apology · astrology · biotechnology · dermatology · ecology · genealogy · histology · homology · information technology · methodology · mythology · neurology · oncology · pathology · pharmacology · phonology · psychology · technology · terminology

Synonyms and antonyms of agnoiology in the English dictionary of synonyms

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AGNOIOLOGY»

Discover the use of agnoiology in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to agnoiology and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ignorance: literature and agnoiology
Ignorance is part of the narrative and poetic force of literature and is an important aspect of its thematic focus: ignorance is what literary texts are about.
Andrew Bennett, 2010
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Ways of Knowing: Anthropological Approaches to Crafting ...
to the idea of 'agnoiology'. the theory of ignorance. Epistemology, the science of knowing and what is known, was contrasted with 'agnoiology', the doctrine of those things of which we are necessarily ignorant: that department of philosophy  ...
Mark Harris, 2007
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Connections: Brain, Mind and Culture in a Social Anthropology
Perhaps, agnoiology languished because it is fiendishly difficult to pronounce and philosophers, reluctant to face ridicule, refrained from spitring it out in the heat of parole. But spat out it should be. Agnoiology deals with an aspect of knowing ...
Stephen P. Reyna, 2003
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Philosophical Works of the Late James Frederick Ferrier: ...
new research, constituting an intermediate section of philosophy which we term the agnoiology, or theory of ignorance (Xdyos tj}s ayvoias, — the theory of \ true ignorance). The result of this research is given out in its proper place in these ...
James Frederick Ferrier, Sir Alexander Grant, Edmund Law Lushington, 1875
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Institutes of metaphysic: the theory of knowing and being
new research, constituting an intermediate section of philosophy which we term the agnoiology, or theory of ignorance (\6yos rfje Hyvouis, — the theory of true ignorance). The result of this research is given out in its proper place in these ...
James Frederick Ferrier, 1856
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Making Knowledge: Explorations of the Indissoluble Relation ...
He raised the problem of ignorance in relation to his discussion of epistemology in Institutes of metaphysic (1854). Father of the term of 'epistemology', Ferrier also gave birth to the idea of 'agnoiology', the theory of ignorance. Epistemology ...
Trevor H. J. Marchand, 2011
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Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics
AGNOIOLOGY.— A term coined by Professor J. F. Ferrier in his Institutes of Metaphysics (1854), to denote the Theory of Ignorance in contrast to Epistemology (;.«.), also a term apparently coined by him (p. 48) to denote the Theory of Knowing.
James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, Louis Herbert Gray, 1908
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The Canadian Journal ...
But when scrutinized, the theory of ignorance is found to amount to nothing more than an expression of the results of the Epistemology as a function of a new term arbitrarily, though not inappropriately, introduced. What the Agnoiology seeks to ...
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The Canadian Journal of Industry, Science and Art
But when scrutinized, the theory of ignorance is found to amount to nothing more than an expression of the results of the Epistemology as a function of a new term arbitrarily, though not inappropriately, introduced. What the Agnoiology seeks to ...
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The Evangelical Repository
Agnoiology, or theory of Ignorance ; III. Ontology, or Theory of Being. The nomenclature is not amiss. The Epistemology receives the lion's share of elaboration. The Agnoiology and Ontology contain the mere consectaries of the Epistemology.

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AGNOIOLOGY»

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Oxford's Online Dictionary Adds 21st Century-Friendly Words
Like, “Godwinian” and “agnoiology.” Don't even ask. How do new words get added to Oxford Dictionaries? Every year, hundreds of new ... «Boston.com, Aug 14»
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The Power of Critical Thinking(l)
In fact, the curriculum of the new education should embrace close examination of elitist agnoiology as well as of what should be done to burke it ... «GhanaWeb, Feb 14»
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