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Adjective: nescient
  1. Holding that only material phenomena can be known and knowledge of spiritual matters or ultimate causes is impossible
    - unbelieving
     
  2. Uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication
    "nescient of contemporary literature";
    - ignorant, unlearned, unlettered

See also: agnostic, agnostical, uneducated

Encyclopedia: Nescient