incognizance

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noun

Failure to cognize, apprehend, or notice.

Opposite
cognizance
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Meanings

nounincognizance (uncountable)
  1. uncountableFailure to cognize, apprehend, or notice.

    Now, this incognizance may be explained on three possible hypotheses.

    a. 1857, William Hamilton, edited by H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, published 1859–1860, →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna lack of knowledge or recognition

Opposite
cognizance
Broader
knowing

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From in- + cognizance.

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APA

incognizance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incognizance

MLA

“incognizance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incognizance. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “incognizance,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incognizance.

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