common knowledge
That which is known by most people, and thus cannot reasonably be contested.
Noun
- That which is known by most people, and thus cannot reasonably be contested.
- A limited liability company is not subtle, Mrs Straithwaite. This one knows that you have insured a five-thousand-pound pearl necklace with it, and when it becomes a matter of common knowledge that you have had one...
- A special kind of knowledge for a group of agents, such that when all the agents in a group G know p, they all know that they know p, they all know that they all know that they know p, and so on ad infinitum.
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common sense communis opinio conventional wisdom exotericism general knowledge idée reçue received wisdom