Meanings
- pluralplural onlyThe sum of all the political, economic, technological, scientific, military, geographical, and psychological knowledge of the masses and of their representatives.
Coordinate term: scienda
Origin
- Latinscīta“things which are known”
- Englishscita
From Latin scīta (“things which are known”), the nominative neuter plural of scītus (“known; ascertained”), the perfect passive participle of sciō (“to know”).
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scita. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scita
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