Honesty and Ignorance

Honesty

Honesty noun - Devotion to telling the truth.

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Ignorance and honesty are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ignorance" instead a noun "Honesty".

Nearby Words: honest, honestly

Ignorance noun - The state of being unaware or uninformed.

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Honesty and ignorance are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Honesty" instead a noun "Ignorance".

Nearby Words: ignore, ignorant, ignored, ignoring

emotional	emotional honesty	emotional ignorance
human	human honesty	human ignorance
usual	usual honesty	usual ignorance
direct	direct honesty	direct ignorance
Other adjectives: perfect, complete, total, genuine, blatant, simple, poor, extreme, sincere, mere, unintentional, corporate.

This was a lesson not only about honesty, being that the truth will come out sooner or later, but also about what is called 'pluralistic ignorance' - in which people go along with something just because they assume other people agree.

Source: Literature / The Emperor's New Clothes

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