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noun
The sum of all the political, economic, technological, scientific, military, geographical, and psychological knowledge that a governing body must possess to allow it to reach logically, rationally, and morally sound conclusions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Latin scienda (“things which ought to be known”), the nominative neuter plural of sciendus (“which ought to be known”), the gerundive of sciō (“to know”).
