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UNKNOWING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unknowing mean? 

UNKNOWING (noun)
  The noun UNKNOWING has 1 sense:

1. ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs)play

  Familiarity information: UNKNOWING used as a noun is very rare.


UNKNOWING (adjective)
  The adjective UNKNOWING has 1 sense:

1. unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledgeplay

  Familiarity information: UNKNOWING used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UNKNOWING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

ignorantness; nescience; unknowing; unknowingness

Hypernyms ("unknowing" is a kind of...):

ignorance (the lack of knowledge or education)

Derivation:

unknowing (unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge)


UNKNOWING (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge

Synonyms:

ignorant; unknowing; unknowledgeable; unwitting

Context example:

his rudeness was unwitting

Similar:

uninformed (not informed; lacking in knowledge or information)

Derivation:

unknowing; unknowingness (ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs))


 Context examples 


But if she die in truth, then all cease; the tiny wounds of the throats disappear, and they go back to their plays unknowing ever of what has been.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Her punishment will surely come, but not through me; she knew not altogether what she did and thus unknowing, she only stole.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

This poor mother, all unknowing, and all for the best as she think, does such thing as lose her daughter body and soul; and we must not tell her, we must not even warn her, or she die, and then both die.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)



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