ignorati

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noun

The wilfully ignorant; those who choose to ignore inconvenient facts or make public claims based on falsehoods.

Scrabble 9

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nounignorati pl (plural only)
  1. derogatorypluralplural onlyslangThe wilfully ignorant; those who choose to ignore inconvenient facts or make public claims based on falsehoods.

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    2011 October 28, Joseph Romm, “The New York Times joins the energy and climate ignorati”, in Grist Magazine
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    First, we'll show you why you want to erase every piece of misinformation with which the wellness ignorati have indoctrinated you.

    2013, Tom Emerick, Al Lewis, Cracking Health Costs: How to Cut Your Company's Health Costs and Provide Employees Better Care, →ISBN

    Amazon didn't patent the white cyc or the white background as the ignorati have claimed; they only patented a clever method to get the reflecting floor to blend seamlessly into the background, as-shot in-camera.

    2014 June 2, Steve Schuler, “DIY Photo Light Box: Did Amazon Patent Photography Against A White Background”, in Science 2.0

    Carly has to appease the Ignorati (as I dub the right-wing base), so she touts a nonexistent fetus-harvesting video.

    2015 September 23, Richard J. Rosendall, “Appeasing the Ignorati”, in Washington Blade

    The Islamic State group is doing well recruiting thousands from Europe and America, mainly young ignorati, with its pitch that they are defending Muslims against the crusaders bent on extermination of their religion.

    2015 December 14, Mortimer B. Zuckerman, “To Defeat the Islamic State Group, Fight Smarter”, in U.S. News & World Report

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