knowingness
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]knowingness (countable and uncountable, plural knowingnesses)
- The quality or state of being knowing.
- 2007 February 4, David Berreby, “No ____ Need Apply”, in New York Times[1]:
- Dripping with unearned knowingness, indifferent to the factual debate involved.
- Pretending to already be informed, as contrasted with a willingness to learn.