NESCIENCE and COLOSSUS:

From Sampath’s Desk:

 NESCIENCE and COLOSSUS:

 

NESCIENCE:

 

Pronunciation:

 

Ne-siyence – நெஸியென்ஸ்

 

Meaning:

 

Ignorance/ignorantness especially of orthodox beliefs, unknowing/ unknowingness – lack of knowledge, information and/or education – the state of being ignorant – lack of awareness – the doctrine that nothing is actually knowable

 

அறியாமை, அஞ்ஞானம்


 

Example sentences:

 

Lord Sri Krishna said, “O, Arjuna, NESCIENCE, inertness, neglectfulness and also an illusion; when these arise, the mode of ignorance predominates.

 

In court, the judge explained NESCIENCE of the laws was not an acceptable defence for criminal behaviour.

 

His NESIENCE of current events causes him to speak unwisely about trending topics.

 

The suspect claimed NESCIENCE when questioned about the robbery.

 

Ignorance is a lack of knowledge that a person has a duty or obligation to know whereas NESCIENCE refers to a lack of knowledge about things one is not bound to know at all in the normal circumstances.

 

Because of NESCIENCE of allergic reactions in them, many people with allergies may not carry the proper emergency medicines along.

 

 

COLOSSUS:


Pronunciation:


ka-losses (or) ko-losses - கலாஸஸ் (or) கொலாஸஸ்


Meaning:

 

A huge statue that is several times larger than life-size – person or thing enormously large or powerful – a gigantic and/or overawing person or thing, or an Empire, etc., personified standing astride over dominions – somebody or something greatly admired and respected


 

Example sentences:


 

That country is economically vulnerable but militarily a COLOSSUS.

 

He was a COLOSSUS, a legendary in that field.

 

Today, Albert Einstein is venerated as an intellectual COLOSSUS who bestrode the 20th century like no other.

 

Among astronomers, Nicholas Copernicus was a COLOSSUS.

 

She has been described as the creative COLOSSUS of the literary world.

 

He became a COLOSSUS of the labour movement in the country.

 

Three banks are now being merged. The merged bank will be a COLOSSUS.

 

Dickens was regarded as the literary COLOSSUS of his age.

 

No other country is so vulnerable to invasion by the American COLOSSUS.

 

 

Proverb:

 

பசி ருசி அறியாது, நித்திரை சுகம் அறியாது.

Hunger is ignorant of flavours, sleep is ignorant of enjoyment.

 

(R.SAMPATH)

7/2/2021

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