"willful ignorance" meaning in English

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        "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."
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        "(idiomatic, law) 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."
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          "word": "vincible ignorance"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "a decision in bad faith to avoid becoming informed",
          "word": "tarkoituksellinen tietämättömyys"
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          "sense": "a decision in bad faith to avoid becoming informed",
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          "word": "aveuglement volontaire"
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          "sense": "a decision in bad faith to avoid becoming informed",
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          "word": "Ignoranz"
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          "sense": "a decision in bad faith to avoid becoming informed",
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          "word": "ignoranza attiva"
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          "sense": "a decision in bad faith to avoid becoming informed",
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        "(idiomatic, law) 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."
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      "sense": "a decision in bad faith to avoid becoming informed",
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      "sense": "a decision in bad faith to avoid becoming informed",
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      "sense": "a decision in bad faith to avoid becoming informed",
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