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PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does public knowledge mean?
• PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE (noun)
The noun PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE has 1 sense:
1. knowledge that is available to anyone
Familiarity information: PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Knowledge that is available to anyone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
general knowledge; public knowledge
Hypernyms ("public knowledge" is a kind of...):
cognition; knowledge; noesis (the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "public knowledge"):
common knowledge (anything generally known to everyone)
light (public awareness)
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