Ignorance and Usage

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Ignorance noun - The state of being unaware or uninformed.

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Usage is an antonym for ignorance.

Nearby Words: ignore, ignorant, ignored, ignoring

Usage noun - The act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose.

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Ignorance is an antonym for usage in habit topic.

usual	usual ignorance	usual usage
direct	direct ignorance	direct usage
standard	standard ignorance	standard usage
legal	legal ignorance	legal usage
Other adjectives: obvious, poor, actual, frequent, widespread, general, minor, casual, previous.

This leads some to assume that Americans call themselves American out of ignorance of other countries in the Americas—or out of deliberate arrogance—even though the word's usage had been cemented in the English language well over a century before the United States was founded.

Source: Useful Notes / Misplaced Nationalism

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