agnotology
n.— «Professors Londa Schiebinger and Robert Proctor seek papers for the preparation of a volume introducing a new theoretical perspective and methodology—agnotology, the cultural production of ignorance—into interdisciplinary science studies.» —“Volume: ‘Agnotology: The Cultural Production of Ignorance’” British Society for the History of Science (U.K.) July 12, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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