knowingness
nounEtymology From knowing + -ness.
1
The quality or state of being knowing.
- Dripping with unearned knowingness, indifferent to the factual debate involved.2007 February 4, David Berreby, “No ____ Need Apply”, in New York Times:
2
Pretending to already be informed, as contrasted with a willingness to learn.
- Related terms
- knowingly