Know·ing·ness, n. The state or quality of being knowing or intelligent; shrewdness; skillfulness.
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  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]
       2: shrewdness demonstrated by knowledge