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English
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin cognosco (“I know”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
Adjective
cogniscient (comparative more cogniscient, superlative most cogniscient)
- aware, cognizant
1986, Carl Micham, Alosi Huning, editors, Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, volume 90, D. Reidel Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 79:According to the classical view, a cognizable object is in the cogniscient being in the way of the cogniscient being (modo cognoscentis), and a sentient impression is a cause of actions.
2010, Jason Hornsby, Eleven Twenty-Three, Permuted Press, →ISBN, page 86:Everyone at the funeral is uncomfortable, fully cogniscient of dark times approaching.
2016, Dina Tsagari, Classroom-based Assessment in L2 Contexts, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, →ISBN, page 200:Pupils also learned to analyse how they worked as a group, and they became aware that a “peer cogniscient” attitude helped them work autonomously, including dealing with stumbling blocks such as less-engaged peers or technical difficulties.