Knowingness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Knowingness \Know"ing*ness\, n.
     The state or quality of being knowing or intelligent;
     shrewdness; skillfulness.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  knowingness
       n 1: having knowledge of; "he had no awareness of his mistakes";
            "his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced";
            "their intelligence and general knowingness was
            impressive" [syn: {awareness}, {consciousness}, {cognizance},
             {cognisance}]
       2: shrewdness demonstrated by knowledge