common knowledge en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(uncountable) That which is known by most people, and thus cannot reasonably be contested.
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.
1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:
- (uncountable) 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.
Relateds
common sense · conventional wisdom · communis opinio · exotericism · received wisdom · idée reçue · general knowledge
Translations (24)
es dominio público (that which is known by most people) · fr de notoriété publique (that which is known by most people) · fi yleinen tieto (that which is known by most people) · de Allgemeinbildung (that which is known by most people) · el κοινή γνώση (special kind of knowledge for a group of agents) · nl gemeenschappelijke kennis (special kind of knowledge for a group of agents) · ru всем известный факт (that which is known by most people) · da almenviden (that which is known by most people) · es saber popular (that which is known by most people) · es conocimiento general (that which is known by most people) · fr connaissance commune (special kind of knowledge for a group of agents) · de Allgemeinwissen (that which is known by most people) · it conoscenza comune (special kind of knowledge for a group of agents) · cmn 常識 /常识 (that which is known by most people) · de gemeinsames Vorwissen (special kind of knowledge for a group of agents) · ro cultură generală (that which is known by most people) · fi täydellinen informaatio (special kind of knowledge for a group of agents) · eo ĝenerale konata (that which is known by most people) · pl wiedza powszechna (that which is known by most people) · el κοινή γνώση (that which is known by most people) · hu közismert/köztudomású/tudvalevő dolog/tény (that which is known by most people) · da allemandsviden (that which is known by most people) · de gemeinsames Wissen (special kind of knowledge for a group of agents) · cmn 共同知識 /共同知识 (special kind of knowledge for a group of agents)