nescient

adjective

Without education or knowledge: ignorant, illiterate, uneducated, uninstructed, unlearned, unschooled, untaught. See knowledge/ignorance.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: holding that only material phenomena can be known and knowledge of spiritual matters or ultimate causes is impossible
  Synonym: unbelieving

Meaning #2: lacking general education or knowledge
  Synonyms: ignorant, unenlightened, unlearned, unlettered

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - uvidende

Nederlands (Dutch)
onwetend

Français (French)
adj. - ignorant, agnostique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unwissend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αμαθής

Italiano (Italian)
ignorante, agnostico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - ignorante, incapaz, insensato

Русский (Russian)
невежественный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - ignorante, agnóstico

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - okunnig, agnostisk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
无学的, 无知的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 無學的, 無知的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 무지한, 불가지론자의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 無知な, 不可知論の
n. - 不可知論者

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) جاهل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חסר-ידיעה, בור‬

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