English Explanatory Dictionary

known unknown

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An uncertainty of known magnitude, consequence, structure, and probability characteristics; something that we know that we don't know.

Word forms

known unknown known unknowns

Etymology

Popularized by Donald Rumsfeld in 2002, though used much earlier.

Related words

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