English Explanatory Dictionary

Knightian uncertainty

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A lack of any quantifiable knowledge about some possible occurrence, as opposed to the presence of quantifiable risk.

Word forms

Knightian uncertainty Knightian uncertainties

Etymology

Named after University of Chicago economist Frank Knight (1885–1972).

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