obliviousness

obliviousness
oblivi·ous·ness
[əˈblɪviəsnəs]
n no pl Nichtwahrnehmung f (to von +dat)
it's her total \obliviousness to what's going on around her that annoys me was mich so an ihr stört, ist, dass sie überhaupt nichts von dem wahrnimmt, was um sie herum geschieht
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[ə'blIvIəsnɪs]
n

because of his obliviousness to the danger he was in — weil er sich (dat) nicht der Gefahr bewusst war, in der er schwebte

a state of blissful obliviousness to the world — ein Zustand m seliger Weltvergessenheit

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n.
Vergesslichkeit f.

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