Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

common knowledge

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.76 in modern English

Syllables: com-mon -knowl-edge
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

That which is known by most people, and thus cannot reasonably be contested.

Uncountable

noun

A special kind of knowledge for a group of agents, such that when all the agents in a group G know p, they all know that they know p, they all know that they all know that they know p, and so on ad infinitum.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"A limited liability company is not subtle, Mrs Straithwaite. This one knows that you have insured a five-thousand-pound pearl necklace with it, and when it becomes a matter of common knowledge that you have had one answering to that description stolen, it jumps to the conclusion that they are one and the same."

Usage

Uncountable

Phrases

common sense communis opinio conventional wisdom general knowledge idée reçue received wisdom

Frequently Paired Words

common sense communis opinio conventional wisdom exotericism general knowledge idée reçue received wisdom

Questions

What does common knowledge mean?: That which is known by most people, and thus cannot reasonably be contested.

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