"known known" meaning in All languages combined

See known known on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: known knowns [plural]
Etymology: Popularized by Donald Rumsfeld in 2002, though used much earlier. Head templates: {{en-noun}} known known (plural known knowns)
  1. Certainties of known magnitude, consequence, structure, and probability characteristics; something that we know that we know. Wikipedia link: Donald Rumsfeld, There are known knowns Related terms: known unknown, unknown unknown, unknown known
    Sense id: en-known_known-en-noun-VczmhlcN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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