nescience
/ˈnɛʃəns/noun
nescience is spelled N-E-S-C-I-E-N-C-E: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 87 million words in written English, the 297,763rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, nescience means “The absence of knowledge, especially of orthodox beliefs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of nescience is nesciences.
How many letters and syllables are in nescience?
| Letters | 9: N-E-S-C-I-E-N-C-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 87 million words; the 297,763rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is nescience?
Nescience appears about once in every 87 million words in written English, the 297,763rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce nescience?
- UK /ˈnɛsɪəns/
- US /ˈnɛʃəns/
- US /ˈnɛsi.əns/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-nescience.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with nescience?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as nescience from its last stressed vowel (/ɛʃəns/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of nescience
- nesciences plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nescience mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The absence of knowledge, especially of orthodox beliefs.
Better to have honest nescience than to have militant ignorance.
- 2
The doctrine that nothing is actually knowable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does nescience come from?
From Latin nescientia, from the present participle of nescire.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).