Definition of "willful ignorance" [willful ignorance]

• A decision in bad faith to avoid becoming informed about something so as to avoid having to make undesirable decisions that such information might prompt. (noun)

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• "This was not due to any willful ignorance on my part, but rather to Dr. Cosgrove's inability to explain the function of the liver in general or the exact nature of my father's illness in particular."