1.
[syn: awareness, consciousness, cognizance, cognisance, knowingness]
2. shrewdness demonstrated by knowledge;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Knowingness \Know"ing*ness\, n.
The state or quality of being knowing or intelligent;
shrewdness; skillfulness.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
knowingness
n 1: having knowledge of; "he had no awareness of his mistakes";
"his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced"; "their
intelligence and general knowingness was impressive" [syn:
awareness, consciousness, cognizance, cognisance,
knowingness] [ant: incognizance]
2: shrewdness demonstrated by knowledge