The ignoble savage is detested for having a cruel and primitive existence. Man isn't a noble savage, he's an ignoble savage. The term ignoble savage has an obvious negative connotation. Although the language has no gender, nouns are divided into two classes&colon; noble and ignoble. Hoover's campaign quickly denied the "untruthful and ignoble assertion". Clemenceau called the emperor a "rotten conscience," it's ignoble. Many criticised Edward's "improper" and ignoble interest in rural pursuits. Tolkien explores the theme of "the ennoblement of the ignoble". But it's a fascinating and not ignoble profession. "I consider it ignoble", calling its villain Bertram "a poor devil". When Chichikov meets Plyushkin, he mistakes him for the steward due to his ignoble dress.