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Definition 2024
willful_ignorance
willful ignorance
English
Noun
willful ignorance (uncountable)
- (idiomatic, law) A decision in bad faith to avoid becoming informed about something so as to avoid having to make undesirable decisions that such information might prompt.
Synonyms
- (bad-faith decision to remain ignorant): vincible ignorance, willful blindness
Translations
A decision in bad faith to avoid becoming informed
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