Knightian uncertainty

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Named after University of Chicago economist Frank Knight (1885–1972).

Noun[edit]

Knightian uncertainty (countable and uncountable, plural Knightian uncertainties)

  1. A lack of any quantifiable knowledge about some possible occurrence, as opposed to the presence of quantifiable risk.