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adjective.
holding that only material phenomena can be known and knowledge of spiritual matters or ultimate causes is impossible
adjective.
uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication
Word Usage
"Because, in my opinion, nescient arm-chair security analysts with an axe to grind sure as hell shouldn't be able to declassify thousands of government documents and unfetter them into cyberspace."