benightedness

/bɪˈnaɪtɪdnəs/
noun
  1. The state or quality of being ignorant or unenlightened.
    • His benightedness about technology made him suspicious of every new device.
    • Education is the cure for benightedness.
    • The benightedness of the regime led to widespread suffering.
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