Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don't know because we don't want to know. From LearnThat.org. [Aldous Huxley]
Adjective : vincible fears. From Dictionary.com.
On the other hand, ignorance is termed vincible if it can be dispelled by the use of "moral diligence". From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability] Reference
What was thought to be Obama's invincible, laid-back intellectual approach turned out to be "vincible". From Wordnik.com. [Obama Doesn't "Take Fox On," After All] Reference
For that reason, ignorance is sometimes voluntarily self-inflicted; Aquinas termed that "vincible" ignorance, which does not exculpate. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-09-01] Reference
My friends and I knew we WERE 'vincible' and we drove accordingly. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
Drake, chased the "vincible" armada, as it was now termed, for some distance northward; and then, when they seemed to bend away from the. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10] Reference
Don't let either sit vincible for one moment longer than necessary. From Wordnik.com. [Soul of the Fire]
Without those guides, they would have been lost, and vincible to the enemy. From Wordnik.com. [Stone of Tears]
No, Laura is thanking me for pointing out that vincible ignorance can't be cured. From Wordnik.com. [Was Obama's only education accomplishment "legislation to teach 'comprehensive sex education' to kindergartners"?] Reference
Even where invincible ignorance is possible it may be that the ignorance is vincible. From Wordnik.com. [Yet another new Terri Schiavo thread] Reference
Suddenly Obama seems quite vincible, with his signature project, postalizing the health-care system, in deep trouble. From Wordnik.com. [Rules for Republicans, Too] Reference
His actions suggested invincibility, but his catch phrase indicated full awareness that he was indeed quite vincible. From Wordnik.com. [Flirting With Immortality] Reference
But fortunately for my peace of mind, they finally proved vincible under the hot sun, and the distance we had to go to camp. From Wordnik.com. [How I Found Livingstone] Reference
I meant to write: ‘Some forms of vincible ignorance do reduce the guilt but other forms do not and may even increase it.’. From Wordnik.com. [Yet another new Terri Schiavo thread] Reference
The creditor was perhaps vincible by arguments and supplications. From Wordnik.com. [Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793] Reference
Brady's father, Tom Sr., sensed a realization by his son that he was "vincible.". From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com News] Reference
Taking account of the person in whom the error exists, it is said to be either vincible or invincible. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy] Reference
Even vincible ignorance, either of the law or fact, which is not crass, excuses one from the punishment. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability] Reference
Still, unlike the tentacular Huffington Post, this eighteen-armed blog monster feels refreshingly vincible. From Wordnik.com. [The Millions] Reference
The reasoning behind this ruling is that once a border town has become vincible, life within those borders is endangered. From Wordnik.com. [Chabad.org Weekly Magazine [ Sukkot & Simchat Torah 5770 - October 2-11, 2009 ]] Reference
'Credible' my tent, all the tents have call names like 'continent' and 'vincible' ... etc I think there is 11 tents in all. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
At length he commanded an inquiry to be made by the physicians, whether such a blindness and debility were vincible by human aid. From Wordnik.com. [Evidence of Christianity] Reference
Error is reckoned morally vincible as often as it is chargeable to the failure to exercise these ordinary and necessary precautions. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy] Reference
So far as fixing human responsibility, the most important division of ignorance is that designated by the terms invincible and vincible. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability] Reference
As Aldous Huxley once said "Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Diary: Star Spangled Land of Misfit Toys - A Review of Chris Hedges' Empire of Illusion] Reference
I'm weak, and very vincible. From Wordnik.com. ["But I'm still an embryo/With a long, long way to go."] Reference
I think I am extremely vincible. From Wordnik.com. [mostly good girls] Reference
Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. From Wordnik.com. [Printing: BRAVE NEW WORLD - 2009] Reference
Or at least ninety percent less vincible. From Wordnik.com. [Bring On the Night] Reference
A Catholic would call it vincible ignorance. From Wordnik.com. [The Prime Minister's New Year Message Translated in to Plain English] Reference
Also, I never saw invincible looking so vincible. From Wordnik.com. [Birmingham City 1-1 Manchester United | Premier League match report] Reference
(Nought is so hard, but vincible by paines). From Wordnik.com. [Davids Hainous Sinne, Heartie Repentance, Heavie Punishment.] Reference
The Trojans seem extremely, well, vincible. From Wordnik.com. [SI.com] Reference
“Which made Troy vincible. From Wordnik.com. [The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II] Reference
Slave, -- Prejudice, vincible, -- Concubinage, -- Barbadoes as it was. From Wordnik.com. [The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus] Reference
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