knowingness

/ˈnoʊɪŋnəs/ noun

Pretending to already be informed, as contrasted with a willingness to learn.

Word Origin From the Proto-Germanic root that gave us 'know'. The PIE *gno- is one of the most widespread roots: it gives us cognition (Latin 'cognoscere'), recognize, ignore (not know), diagnosis (knowing through), agnostic (not knowing), and even noble (originally 'knowable, well-known'). Knowingness is the quality of being knowing — having an air of secret knowledge. The breakdown know+ing+ness shows the present participle turned adjective plus the abstract noun suffix.

noun Pretending to already be informed, as contrasted with a willingness to learn. countable

Her knowingness during the lecture prevented her from learning anything new.

(名词) 故作知晓;不懂装懂;自以为是

她在讲座中表现出的自以为是的态度让她无法学到任何新东西。

(sustantivo) Actitud de pretender estar ya informado, en contraste con la disposición a aprender.

Su actitud de saberlo todo durante la conferencia le impidió aprender algo nuevo.

(nom) pédanterie; suffisance; pose de sachant [Attitude de quelqu'un qui prétend déjà tout savoir, faisant preuve d'un refus d'apprendre.]

Son attitude de faux savant pendant la conférence l'a empêchée d'apprendre quoi que ce soit de nouveau.

(Substantiv) Besserwisserei; Scheinwissen [Das Verhalten, vorzugeben, bereits alles zu wissen, im Gegensatz zu einer lernbereiten Haltung.]

Ihr **knowingness** während der Vorlesung hinderte sie daran, etwas Neues zu lernen.

(名詞) 既に知っているふりをすること(学ぼうとする姿勢の対極にある態度)。

講義中、彼女はすでに分かっているという態度で臨んだため、新しいことを何も学ぶことができなかった。

(substantivo) sabichice; presunção; ar de superioridade; pretensão [O ato de fingir já estar informado, em contraste com a disposição para aprender.]

O ar de quem já sabe dela durante a palestra a impediu de aprender algo novo.

Word parts: know + ing + ness

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