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  • 1Ignorance — • Lack of knowledge about a thing in a being capable of knowing Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ignorance     Ignorance     † …

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  • 2socratic irony — ignorance and of willingness to learn as one questions another on the meaning of a term; pretended ignorance to provoke discussion and promote the search for truth …

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  • 3Socratic irony — pretended ignorance in discussion. [1870 75] * * * …

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  • 4connivance — n 1. overlooking or purposely overlooking, ignoring, disregarding, paying no regard or heed to, paying no attention to, taking no notice or note of, being blind to, turning a blind eye to, closing or shutting one s eyes to, looking the other way …

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  • 5John Banner — Infobox actor name = John Banner imagesize = caption = Banner (left) as Sgt. Hans Schultz on Hogan s Heroes birthname = birthdate = birth date|1910|1|28|df=y birthplace = Vienna, Austria deathdate = death date and age|1973|1|28|1910|1|28|df=y… …

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  • 6Roelstra's Line — are characters in Melanie Rawn s fantasy novels of the Dragon Prince and Dragon Star trilogies. The characters of Roelstra s Line include the High Prince Roelstra, his daughters, grandsons, and great granddaughters. Roelstra s descendants spouses …

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  • 7Smithwick Tribunal — The Smithwick Tribunal is a judicial inquiry being held in Dublin, Ireland, into the events surrounding the murders of Chief Superintendent Harry Breen and Superintendent Robert Buchanan of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC). The men were killed …

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  • 8Cain and Abel — In the Hebrew scriptures, the sons of Adam and Eve. According to Genesis, Cain, the firstborn, was a farmer, and his brother Abel was a shepherd. Cain was enraged when God preferred his brother s sacrifice of sheep to his own offering of grain,… …

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  • 9connivance — n. 1. Voluntary blindness (to an act), pretended ignorance, forbearance of disapproval, winking at, blinking. 2. Tacit consent, secret approval, indirect or underhand or remote participation, secret and indirect abettal …

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  • 10Socratic irony — Socrat′ic i′rony n. rht pretended ignorance in discussion • Etymology: 1870–75 …

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