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incognizance

incognizance noun: failure to cognize, apprehend, or notice.

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...

Origin of incognizance

From in- + cognizance.

Questions about incognizance

What does incognizance mean?
Incognizance means failure to cognize, apprehend, or notice.
What part of speech is incognizance?
Incognizance is a noun.

Words near incognizance in the dictionary

  1. incognito
  2. incognitos
  3. incognitum
  4. incognizability
  5. incognizable
  6. incognizance
  7. incognizant
  8. incognoscenti
  9. incognoscibility
  10. incognoscible
  11. incogs

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