common knowledge

Meaning

1. (uncountable) That which is known by most people, and thus cannot reasonably be contested.
2. (uncountable) A special kind of knowledge for a group of agents, such that when all the agents in a group G know p, they all know that they know p, they all know that they all know that they know p, and so on ad infinitum.

Synonyms

known to everybody

widely known

well-known

common understanding

training

common sense

conventional wisdom

open secret

Translations

notoriété publique

κοινό μυστικό

célèbre

allgemeine Bekanntheit

Logique de la connaissance commune

logique de la connaissance commune

bien connu