ignorization

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noun

The act of ignorizing.

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Meanings

nounignorization (uncountable)
  1. nonce worduncountableThe act of ignorizing.

    […] (in the words of one eminent psychiatrist, "'laymanization' was synonymous with 'ignorization'”).

    1989, Andrew T. Scull, Social Order/mental Disorder: Anglo-American Psychiatry in Historical Perspective
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    Now that Agnes is seventeen and her education, or ignorization, has been concluded to his satisfaction, Arnolphe intends to wed her.

    1994, Hanna Scolnicov, Woman's Theatrical Space, page 73

    As Palestinians saw it, at issue was a policy of ignorization which aimed at destroying their cultures academic capacities.

    2005 Autumn, Yamila Hussein, “The Stone and the Pen: Palestinian Education During the 1987 intifada”, in The Radical Teacher, volume 74

Origin

From ignorance + -ization.

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APA

ignorization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ignorization

MLA

“ignorization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ignorization. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ignorization,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ignorization.

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