Usually means: Ignoring facts to avoid guilt.
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▸ noun:  Synonym of willful ignorance

Similar:
willful ignorance, ignorati, blind spot, self-deception, misadvertence, ignorance, inadvertency, inadvertence, blinker, Nelsonian knowledge, more...

Opposite:
awareness, consciousness, open-mindedness, perceptiveness, attentiveness

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Similar:
willful ignorance, ignorati, blind spot, self-deception, misadvertence, ignorance, inadvertency, inadvertence, blinker, Nelsonian knowledge, more...

Opposite:
awareness, consciousness, open-mindedness, perceptiveness, attentiveness



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