non-understanding

noun

mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.

intellectual faculties; intelligence; mind: a quick understanding.

superior power of discernment; enlightened intelligence: With her keen understanding she should have become a leader.

knowledge of or familiarity with a particular thing; skill in dealing with or handling something: an understanding of accounting practice.

a state of cooperative or mutually tolerant relations between people: To him, understanding and goodwill were the supreme virtues.

a mutual agreement, especially of a private, unannounced, or tacit kind: They had an understanding about who would do the dishes.

an agreement regulating joint activity or settling differences, often informal or preliminary in character: After hours of negotiation, no understanding on a new contract was reached.

Philosophy.

the power of abstract thought; logical power.

Kantianism. the mental faculty resolving the sensory manifold into the transcendental unity of apperception.

adjective

characterized by understanding; prompted by, based on, or demonstrating comprehension, intelligence, discernment, empathy, or the like: an understanding attitude.

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Origin:
before 1050; Middle English understandynge, late Old English understandincge (noun). See understand, -ing¹, -ing²

Related forms

un·der·stand·ing·ly, adverb

non·un·der·stand·ing, adjective, noun

non·un·der·stand·ing·ly, adverb

self-un·der·stand·ing, noun

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understanding (ˌʌndəˈstændɪŋ)

—n
1.	the ability to learn, judge, make decisions, etc; intelligence or sense
2.	personal opinion or interpretation of a subject: my understanding of your predicament
3.	a mutual agreement or compact, esp an informal or private one
4.	chiefly (Brit) an unofficial engagement to be married
5.	archaic philosophy the mind, esp the faculty of reason
6.	on the understanding that with the condition that; providing

—*adj*
7.	sympathetic, tolerant, or wise towards people
8.	possessing judgment and intelligence

under'standingly

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

understanding

O.E. understandincge "comprehension," from understand (q.v.). Meaning "mutual agreement" is attested from 1803.

Slang Dictionary

understanding definition

n.
the feet. (Old. A pun. Always singular.) : The boy has a good understanding. Majorly big gunboats, in fact.

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"When those who have the power to name and to socially construct reality choose not to see you or hear you ... when someone with the authority of a teacher, say, describes the world and you are not in it, there is a moment of psychic disequilibrium, as if you looked in the mirror and saw nothing. It takes some strength of soul—and not just individual strength, but collective understanding—to resist this void, this non-being, into which you are thrust, and to stand up, demanding to be seen and heard."

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