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knowingness

knowingness noun: the quality or state of being knowing.

Noun

knowingness (countable and uncountable, plural knowingnesses)

  1. The quality or state of being knowing.
    • Dripping with unearned knowingness, indifferent to the factual debate involved.2007 February 4, David Berreby, “No ____ Need Apply”, in New York Times
  2. Pretending to already be informed, as contrasted with a willingness to learn.

Forms of knowingness

pluralknowingnesses

Origin of knowingness

From knowing + -ness.

Questions about knowingness

What does knowingness mean?
Knowingness means the quality or state of being knowing.
What part of speech is knowingness?
Knowingness is a noun.
What is the plural of knowingness?
The plural of knowingness is knowingnesses.

Words near knowingness in the dictionary

  1. knowing which end is up
  2. knowing which side one's bread is buttered on
  3. knowinger
  4. knowingest
  5. knowingly
  6. knowingness
  7. knowingnesses
  8. knowings
  9. knowlache
  10. knowlage
  11. Knowland

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