Ignorant = ig.no.rant
Noun
def = A discourteous or rude individual who not only lacks knowledge or awareness of a subject, but actively refuses to acknowledge and intentionally disregards all information contrary on said subject(s).
Word Origins:
The root word/verb “Ignore” comes from Latin meaning;
“Refuse to take notice of or acknowledge; disregard intentionally.”
The word “ignorant” has 2 commonly accepted adjective meanings.
1.) Lacking knowledge or awareness in general; uneducated or unsophisticated.
2.) Discourteous or rude.
The Noun, “Ignorant” takes into accounts all of the original meanings and places them onto an individual displaying these traits.
“Regardless of all of the scientific data we give him, he refuses to believe that the world isn’t flat. He truly is an Ignorant.” see also Flat Earther
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Adjective
1. Having the lack of knowledge, or background/factual information of a particular thing in general. However, the effect in which this person will be proceeding with their "unproven knowledge" imbedded in their mind as if factual information, they, in turn, will plan on using it in the future to make false and incorrect statements based on what they didn't know about the particular thing, or may have heard as a majority of votes for.
And being ignorant does not mean stupid. There's a big difference between the two words.
1. During World War Two, in an American city(in the U.S.), two ignorant policemen arrested an Asian man who is in charge of a small store because he looked like a Chinese spy when he was really Japanese and not a spy.
2. Derek walked up to Shavam, noticing that he looked like he was from India, and asks him, "Are you Indian?" Shavam replies, "Yes." Derek then asks, "Say somethin' Indian." Shavam, confused, walks off. Kaitie, who was watching the whole conversation, walks up to Derek and tells him he is ignorant because of what he said.
3. Rebecca turned on a lamp and the bulb went out, so she went to get a new lightbulb, leaving the lamp switched to "ON". Freddy, her ignorant little brother, saw the bulbless lamp, and wondered what would happen if he stuck his finger in the lightbulb socket of the lamp, not knowing that he would get shocked.
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when you're talking to someone and they take out his/her iphone and ignore you.
Jack was talking to Kate when Kate whipped out her iphone, completely iGnoring him.
i hate it when people iGnore you.
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the state or fact of being ignorant : lack of knowledge, education, or awareness
His racist attitudes were born out of ignorance.
an appalling ignorance about certain things.
The people who add to this site show ignorance in the spellings of their words.
the act of spewing opinionated gibberish by one who doesn't know what the fuck they're talking about
'dude, nobody wants to hear your ignoranting about evolution anymore'
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Lacking knowledge or information, See ignant.
Ignorant Person: I hate Spanish food, taco bell sucks.
Smart Person: Taco bell isn't spanish food, it's supposed to be Mexican food, and it's just sloppy fast food, if you want real mexican food check out a family owned resturant.
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