darkness
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈdɑrk.nəs/
:
ignorancia
- Our world, beset by ignorance and human nastiness, contains quite enough background darkness.
- long state of darkness
Where there is, where there, you know, where there is darkness, let me bring light.
- Where there is, where there, you know, where there is darkness, let me bring light.
- Oh, it's cracking the wall of darkness that people live in and letting a little light in.
- I can now show people a path out of that darkness.
- But don't forget, truth dies in darkness.
Examples
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In this hour of darkness, we need all the help we can get.
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All these years all I've known is darkness.
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The British people had lived in darkness for a long time, knowing no more than the Indians.
Academic text (2003) -
I was lost in a world of darkness for a very long time, but with all of your help, I, um... I found a way out.
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It took me a long time... to learn to get through that darkness.
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We're going through a true period of darkness and like we are the new ancestors.
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The past no longer sheds light on the future; the mind walks in darkness.
Academic text (2000) -
"But those who have no knowledge of the gospel live in great darkness where the prince of darkness rejoices over them."
Academic text (2003) -
In his essays, the author explores the concept of darkness as a metaphor for ignorance and misunderstanding.
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The children had lived in darkness about the historical events that shaped their country.
Synonyms
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3.9
Not knowing about something or how it works
A state of not knowing or understanding things
A state of not knowing or understanding
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
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8.8
A powerful evil being in some religions who rules Hell and tempts people
How Knowledgeable
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Morphology
Etymology
Darkness comes from the old English word deorc 'dark'. People also used 'no light' to mean 'not knowing', so darkness can mean a state of ignorance.