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incognisance

incognisance is the alternative spelling of incognizance.

Meaning of incognizance

Noun

incognizance (uncountable)

  1. Failure to cognize, apprehend, or notice.
    • Now, this incognizance may be explained on three possible hypotheses.a. 1857, William Hamilton, edited by H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood...

Questions about incognisance

What is incognisance the alternative spelling of?
Incognisance is the alternative spelling of incognizance.

Words near incognisance in the dictionary

  1. incogitantly
  2. incogitative
  3. incogitativity
  4. incognegro
  5. incognisable
  6. incognisance
  7. incognisant
  8. incognita
  9. incognitant
  10. incognitas
  11. incognition

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