incognoscenti
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
As an opposite to cognoscenti.
Noun[edit]
incognoscenti pl (plural only)
- Ignorant or uncultured people.
- 2007 November 18, William Safire, “Retronymy”, in New York Times[1]:
- Some incognoscenti grumped when they couldn't find the word in their dictionaries, but there it is in the with-it fourth American Heritage: A word or phrase created because an existing term that was once used alone needs to be distinguished from a term referring to a new development...