Meanings
- uncountableThat which is known by most people, and thus cannot reasonably be contested.
1 more example
A limited liability company is not subtle, Mrs Straithwaite. This one knows that you have insured a five-thousand-pound pearl necklace with it, and when it becomes a matter of common knowledge that you have had one answering to that description stolen, it jumps to the conclusion that they are one and the same.
1914, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados - uncountablecomputingA special kind of knowledge for a group of agents, such that when all the agents in a group G know p, they all know that they know p, they all know that they all know that they know p, and so on ad infinitum.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 常識 /常识, 共同知識 /共同知识
- 常識 /常识 (chángshí)that which is known by most people
- 共同知識 /共同知识 (gòngtóng zhīshi)special kind of knowledge for a group of agents
Danish allemandsviden, almenviden
- allemandsvidenthat which is known by most people
- almenvidenthat which is known by most people
Dutch gemeenschappelijke kennis
- gemeenschappelijke kennisspecial kind of knowledge for a group of agents
Esperanto ĝenerale konata
- ĝenerale konatathat which is known by most people
Finnish yleinen tieto, täydellinen informaatio
- yleinen tietothat which is known by most people
- täydellinen informaatiospecial kind of knowledge for a group of agents
French de notoriété publique, connaissance commune
- de notoriété publiquethat which is known by most people
- connaissance communespecial kind of knowledge for a group of agents
German Allgemeinwissen, Allgemeinbildung
- Allgemeinwissenthat which is known by most people
- Allgemeinbildungthat which is known by most people
- gemeinsames Wissenspecial kind of knowledge for a group of agents
- gemeinsames Vorwissenspecial kind of knowledge for a group of agents
Greek κοινή γνώση, κοινή γνώση
- κοινή γνώση (koiní gnósi)that which is known by most people
- κοινή γνώση (koiní gnósi)special kind of knowledge for a group of agents
Hungarian közismert/köztudomású/tudvalevő dolog/tény
- közismert/köztudomású/tudvalevő dolog/ténythat which is known by most people
Italian conoscenza comune
- conoscenza comunespecial kind of knowledge for a group of agents
Polish wiedza powszechna
- wiedza powszechnathat which is known by most people
Romanian cultură generală
- cultură generalăthat which is known by most people
Russian всем известный факт
- всем известный факт (vsem izvestnyj fakt)that which is known by most people
Spanish saber popular, conocimiento general
- saber popularthat which is known by most people
- conocimiento generalthat which is known by most people
- dominio públicothat which is known by most people
Cite this entry
common knowledge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/common%20knowledge
“common knowledge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/common%20knowledge. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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