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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary ne·science
\\ˈne-sh(ē-)ən(t)s, ˈnē-, -sē-ən(t)s\\ noun ETYMOLOGY Late Latin nescientia, from Latin nescient-, nesciens, present participle of nescire not to know, from ne- not + scire to know — more at no , science DATE 1612 : lack of knowledge or awareness : ignorance
• ne·scient \\-sh(ē-)ənt, -sē-ənt\\ adjective Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged ne·science
\ˈne]sh(ē)ən(t)s, ]sēən- also ˈnē]\ noun
( -s) Etymology: Late Latin nescientia, from Latin nescient, nesciens (present participle of nescire not to know, from ne-, negative prefix + scire to know) + -ia -y — more at no , science 1. : lack of knowledge or awareness : ignorance
< his apparent nescience of contemporary literature was not a pose — A.T.Quiller-Couch > 2. : a conviction or doctrine that ultimate or immaterial realities cannot be known through the rational processes of the mind : agnosticism
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