UNKNOWINGNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unknowingness mean? 

• UNKNOWINGNESS (noun)
  The noun UNKNOWINGNESS has 2 senses:

1. ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs)

2. unconsciousness resulting from lack of knowledge or attention

  Familiarity information: UNKNOWINGNESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNKNOWINGNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

ignorantness; nescience; unknowing; unknowingness

Hypernyms ("unknowingness" is a kind of...):

ignorance (the lack of knowledge or education)

Derivation:

unknowing (unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Unconsciousness resulting from lack of knowledge or attention

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

unawareness; unknowingness

Hypernyms ("unknowingness" is a kind of...):

unconsciousness (a state lacking normal awareness of the self or environment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unknowingness"):

forgetfulness (unawareness caused by neglectful or heedless failure to remember)

unselfconsciousness (the quality of being not self-conscious; unawareness of yourself or of others' views of yourself)