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How to pronounce knowingness in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms awareness, cognisance, cognizance, consciousness
Type of knowing
Has types sense, feel, self-awareness
Derivation knowing


their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive.
Type Words
Type of shrewdness, astuteness, perspicacity, perspicaciousness
Derivation knowing

Examples of knowingness

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Ignorant dumbass drops a steaming pile of knowingness on an old thread.
From the scienceblogs.com
It's sometimes argued that the Shrek franchise rushes children into a premature knowingness.
From the independent.co.uk
For all its clever allusions, the movie never descends into idle knowingness or manic jokery.
From the theatlantic.com
The gimmick is to overlay the dangers of ancient life with the knowingness of modern comedy.
From the independent.co.uk
It has taken on a popular meaning that is scarcely different from camp or smug knowingness.
From the boston.com
There was a degree of knowingness among some investors about the unsustainability of the boom.
From the abcnews.go.com
I feel there's a human quality about them, a knowingness.
From the bloomberg.com
She makes herself Rosalind's partner in schemes through giggling knowingness, savvy advice and challenges.
From the sltrib.com
Such as Catherine Deneuve's sly knowingness in Toi Jamais.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • Awareness: 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"
  • Shrewdness demonstrated by knowledge
  • The quality or state of being knowing