incognizant
/in'kɔgnizənt/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Lacking awareness or knowledge; not conscious of something: The word describes a state of being uninformed, oblivious, or not having conscious perception or realization of a particular fact, situation, or condition. It is often used with the preposition 'of'.
Usage and Examples
- Adjective:
- He was completely incognizant of the new company policy.
- The tourists, incognizant of the local customs, accidentally caused offense.
- She remained incognizant of the plot unfolding around her.
Advanced Usage
- "Incognizant of": This is the standard and most common construction, used to specify the thing of which one is unaware.
- The public was largely incognizant of the political negotiations happening behind closed doors.
- Formal/Literary Context: "Incognizant" is more formal than its synonym "unaware." It is often found in academic, legal, or literary writing.
- The defendant pleaded incognizant of the law's specific requirements.
Variants and Related Words
- Incognizance (noun): The state or condition of being incognizant; lack of awareness.
- His incognizance of the facts led to a poor decision.
Synonyms
- Unaware: Not having knowledge or perception of a situation or fact. (Less formal than "incognizant").
- Oblivious: Not aware of or not concerned about what is happening around one.
- Unconscious (of): Not aware; having lost consciousness or lacking conscious thought about something.
- Ignorant (of): Lacking knowledge or awareness in general; uneducated. (Can carry a stronger, sometimes negative connotation).
Antonyms
- Cognizant: Having knowledge or being aware of something.
- Aware: Having knowledge or perception of a situation or fact.
- Conscious: Aware of and responding to one's surroundings; having knowledge of something.
Adjective
- (often followed by `of') not aware
- seemed unaware of the scrutiny
- unaware of the danger they were in
- unaware of the newborn hope
- the most unaware person I've known