Meanings
comparative more unbewised · superlative most unbewised
- nonce wordUnconscious; unproven.
Can the polysemic and nomadic meanings of a text such as the Qur'an overcome the unbewised efforts to reduce it to monologic decree?
1990, Dennis J. Schmidt, Hermeneutics and the Potic Motion
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
From un- + be- + wised, perhaps modelled after German unbewusst (“unconscious, unwitting, involuntary”) or German unbewiesen (“unproven, unverified”). Compare also Dutch onbewijst (“unproven, unverified”).
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unbewised. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbewised
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