Meanings
adverbscienter (not comparable)
- not comparablelawdeliberately, knowingly
Origin
- Latinscienter“knowingly”
- Englishscienter
From Latin scienter (“knowingly”), from sciō (“know”).
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APA
scienter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scienter
MLA
“scienter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scienter. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scienter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scienter.
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