incognition

noun

Etymology

From in- + cognition.

  1. derived from cognitiō
  2. inherited from cognicion
  3. prefixed as incognition — “in- + cognition

Definitions

  1. A condition of unknowingness

    A condition of unknowingness; an act of unknowing.

    • thus did men of rank and opulence, practise like children, for that short fleeting hour of incognition or inebriety, sport little superior to the infantile recreations of the nursery!
    • In another work he developed his theory of cognition or incognition.
    • nor was the exclusion of the statement that testator could not indicate that he understood what was said to him improper, or that his incognition was the same as when in good health.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for incognition. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA