afterknowledge

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noun

Knowledge acquired later, or after the event.

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Meanings

nounafterknowledge (uncountable)
  1. uncountableKnowledge acquired later, or after the event.

    With the afterknowledge of history it is hard to understand why contemporaries did not, in 1964, interpret the march of events as we do now – as a process leading to inevitable breakdown in the seventies.

    1980, W. M. Scammell, The International Economy since 1945, page 123

Origin

From after- + knowledge.

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APA

afterknowledge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afterknowledge

MLA

“afterknowledge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afterknowledge. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “afterknowledge,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afterknowledge.

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