noun
- the state or quality of being intellectually or morally ignorant; lack of enlightenment
Usage: formal; often used to describe a condition of darkness, ignorance, or lack of knowledge
Examples
- The benightedness of the medieval period was gradually overcome by the Renaissance.
- She criticized the benightedness of those who refused to accept scientific evidence.
- The author's work aimed to combat the benightedness of superstition and prejudice.
- Historical benightedness about disease led to ineffective medical treatments.
- He spoke out against the benightedness of discriminatory laws and practices.