agnosy
agnosy · agnosies
A lack of spiritual understanding or insightA lack of spiritual understanding or insight; a lack of enlightenment.
Meaning
4 senses(uncountable)A lack of spiritual understanding or insight; a lack of enlightenment.
(countable)A deficit in the ability to perceive.
(countable)A patient suffering from an agnosy.
(rare, uncountable)Ignorance, especially that which is common to a group or category of people.
Origin
By surface analysis, a- + -gnosy; diachronically, probably from the same borrowing as agnoBy surface analysis, a- + -gnosy; diachronically, probably from the same borrowing as agnosia, which see.
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plural: agnosiesSynonyms
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable