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Bignorism big-ner-ih-zum — noun Ignorance, perpetuated by bigotry, and raised to the level of a religion. A condition formed by a process of actively ignoring information that contradicts strongly held beliefs and preconceived notions, a defense mechanism against cognitive dissonance. Passively accepting as truth any information that confirms our beliefs, and actively dismissing information that doesn’t. Bignoristic — adjective describing a person or statement that ignores information that is inconsistent with their prejudices. Bignoramus — noun describing a person characterized by bignoristic thinking.
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