agnotology
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The study of culturally-induced ignorance or doubt, particularly the publication of inaccurate or misleading scientific data.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Our interest here, though, is less in remediation than in what Nancy Tuana has called the "liberatory moment"—which brings us to a more subtle form of agnatology"
- "Indeed, the think tanks and corporations that employ economists frequently explicitly seek to foster ignorance as part of their business plans: that is the postmodern phenomenon of agnotology."