Definitions of public knowledge
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knowledge that is available to anyone
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synonyms:
general knowledge
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common knowledge
anything generally known to everyone
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public awareness
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open, surface
information that has become public
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ancient history
knowledge of some recent fact or event that has become so commonly known that it has lost its original pertinence
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