knowingness
Americannoun
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the quality of being aware, intelligent, well-informed, or intentional; knowing quality.
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the quality of being shrewd, sharp, or astute, or of trying to seem so in a self-conscious way.
Example Sentences
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“But I think that’s also where I built this armor that I have — this knowingness of why I do what I do. It’s how I have this grit to stick to it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
Here, Freiman scratches at the difference between knowing and knowingness, and how our blind spots can subsume our personality.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2023
Its salty humor and insistent pop culture knowingness was fun for a minute, before the sequels got nudging and formulaic.
From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2022
This knowingness is very maternal, and is cast over all of these characters like a blanket, or like signal fires themselves.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 2022
And then I remember that I did the flishing last night and the sprinkling over all the heads the knowingness of the hungry childrens.
From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech
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