English Explanatory Dictionary

common knowledge

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. That which is known by most people, and thus cannot reasonably be contested.
  2. 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.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-common knowledge.wav

Word forms

common knowledge

Related words

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