uneducation
Definitions
A lack of education or formal schooling.
The process of unlearning or discarding previously acquired knowledge or beliefs.
Examples
The systemic uneducation of the youth in that region has led to a significant decline in local economic opportunities.
He argued that the uneducation of the public regarding climate change is the greatest threat to our future.
The curriculum was designed to combat the uneducation of students who had been out of school for several years.
Synonyms
ignorance illiteracy unenlightenment lack of schooling unschooledness inarticulacy naivety
Antonyms
education literacy enlightenment scholarship erudition knowledge schooling