Ignorant does not mean rude.....
2007-01-11 15:08:24 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Eg. Talking in a movie theatre is not ignorant...it's rude.
Saying that all people of a certain group are the same way is ignorant....and rude
2007-01-11 15:10:39 · update #1
Ugh yes! My mother uses it as a synonym for rude and it drives me bonkers!
2007-01-11 15:14:34 · update #2
I get what you all are saying. Rude people are, indeed, usually the ignorant ones, but what I mean is, people use it as a synonym for rude and it's wrong.
2007-01-11 15:20:46 · update #3
another misuse of the word...
ignorant is not synonymous with stupid...
to be without knowledge is not the same as being incapable of knowledge...
2007-01-11 19:43:19 · answer #1 · answered by Gemelli2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's ignorant in the sense that rude people are being deliberately ignorant of the social requirements of other people, but you are right that it is often used as a catch-all word for something we find offensive. But, this is how language change is accomplished - through shifts in common usage! If this is how the word is being used in modern society, eventually it will be internalized and codified and we will forget that it ever had the sense of "not knowing."
2007-01-11 23:14:49 · answer #2 · answered by crazyophelia17 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Actually, ignorant can be used in the context you're using. Talking in a movie theater can be described as ignorant because the definition of ignorant isn't just a lack of knowledge, but also a lack of training. So one could say that rude behavior is a result of a lack of training in etiquette.
2007-01-11 23:14:48 · answer #3 · answered by lilsnapdragon 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It makes sense to me. When someone is being rude, it's probably because they're ignorant. Like when someone's being judgemental, they're really ignorant of whatever factors or history are involved with who they're judging.
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2007-01-11 23:17:37 · answer #4 · answered by Kacky 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ignorant is when a person does not know anything therefore he is not educated thus rude, but i guess IT IS used incorrectly an ignorant person is someone that has a lack of knowledge
2007-01-11 23:16:38 · answer #5 · answered by Bruno S 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Do people really still say that in that way? I thought that particular turn of phrase went out with mall hair.
2007-01-11 23:13:22 · answer #6 · answered by rainchaser77 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's funny, but I like it better when people use "ironic" incorrectly.
2007-01-11 23:18:55 · answer #7 · answered by Lee 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Funny?
I'm sitting in a puddle!
2007-01-11 23:12:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know what it means and I never heard someone say that, mostly they say they're jackass's or something.
And that's not funny...
2007-01-11 23:11:50 · answer #9 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, I'm no help. Guess I'm too 'ignurnt' to understand your meaning. ;-)
2007-01-11 23:16:30 · answer #10 · answered by Jackie Treehorn 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋