incognizant

Examples

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• You don't know what truth is your grandstanding, navel gazing, incognizant moral posture if you call yourself a truth seeker.

  Julian Dorey

• The smartest thing you ever done was come in here incognizant.

  Brubaker (1980)

• Consider: Before the Islamist strikes of 9/11, mainstream America was incognizant of the threat posed by radical Islam.

  Blog text (29)

• It seems plausible to me that what we dismiss as hallucination is, in some cases at least, actually imperfect perception of other realms or dimensions from which we are normally incognizant.

  Blog text (15)

• Anyone who is incognizant of the potential dangers around them is a fool.

• Mainstream America was incognizant of the threat posed by radical Islam before the Islamist strikes of 9/11.

• The committee remained incognizant of the issues affecting the community during their discussions.

Synonyms

B

blind

vsincognizant

360 4.9

Not noticing facts or reason because of strong feelings

describes lack of knowledge rather than absence of reasoning ability

U

unaware

vsincognizant

175 2.9

Not knowing that something is happening or true

focuses on lacking knowledge rather than being merely inattentive

U

unconscious

vsincognizant

108 4.1

Not aware of what you do or not acting on purpose

is about lacking knowledge or awareness rather than lacking intention

O

oblivious

vsincognizant

76 6.3

Not noticing what happens around you

is broader lack of knowledge rather than only failing to notice surroundings

U

unknowing

vsincognizant

5 5.8

Not aware that something is happening or true

is a general lack of awareness not limited to missing information

U

unmindful

vsincognizant

1 7.2

Not aware of what is happening around you

is about lacking knowledge rather than simply not paying attention

I

insensible

vsincognizant

1 7.3

Does not notice or care about things that upset other people

means lacking knowledge rather than being emotionally indifferent or unresponsive

U

unobservant

vsincognizant

1 5.9

You do not notice small details around you

focuses on general lack of awareness rather than missing small details

Antonyms

A

aware

∞ 2.7

Knowing that something exists or is happening

C

cognizant

22 7.5

Aware of a fact or a situation

How Aware

knowledgeable

92 4.1

aware

∞ 2.7

incognizant

1 8.8

oblivious

76 6.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology