Antonyms for recognition
ˌrɛk əgˈnɪʃ ənrecog·ni·tion

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1. recognition

   Knowledge is all that the mind knows, from whatever source derived or obtained, or by whatever process; the aggregate of facts, truths, or principles acquired or retained by the mind, including alike the intuitions native to the mind and all that has been learned respecting phenomena, causes, laws, principles, literature, etc. There is a tendency to regard knowledge as accurate and systematic, and to a certain degree complete. Information is knowledge of fact, real or supposed, derived from persons, books, or observation, and is regarded as casual and haphazard. We say of a studious man that he has a great store of knowledge, or of an intelligent man of the world, that he has a fund of varied information. Lore is used only in poetic or elevated style, for accumulated knowledge, as of a people or age, or in a more limited sense for learning or erudition. We speak of perception of external objects, apprehension of intellectual truth. Simple perception gives a limited knowledge of external objects, merely as such; the cognition of the same objects is a knowledge of them in some relation; cognizance is the formal or official recognition of something as an object of knowledge; we take cognizance of it. Intuition is primary knowledge antecedent to all teaching or reasoning, experience is knowledge that has entered directly into one's own life; as, a child's experience that fire will burn. Learning is much higher than information, being preeminently wide and systematic knowledge, the result of long, assiduous study; erudition is recondite learning secured only by extraordinary industry, opportunity, and ability. Compare ACQUAINTANCE; EDUCATION; SCIENCE; WISDOM.

   Antonyms:
   ignorance, illiteracy, inexperience, misapprehension, misconception, misunderstanding, rudeness, unfamiliarity

   Synonyms:
   acquaintance, apprehension, cognition, cognizance, comprehension, erudition, experience, information, intelligence, intuition, knowledge, learning, light, lore, perception, scholarship, science, wisdom

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1. recognition

   Synonyms:
   recollection, remembrance, memory, confession, avowal, acknowledgment

Matched Categories

1. • Acceptance
   • Appointment
   • Approval
   • Biology
   • Credence
   • Diplomacy
   • Memory
   • Organic Phenomenon
   • Understanding

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.8 / 4 votes

1. recognition, acknowledgment, acknowledgementnoun

   the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged

   "the partners were delighted with the recognition of their work"; "she seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own"

   Synonyms:
   credit, acknowledgment, mention, identification, citation, quotation, reference, acknowledgement, cite, realization, realisation

2. recognition, identificationnoun

   the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering

   "a politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces"; "experimental psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the stimulus to its recognition by the observer"

   Synonyms:
   credit, acknowledgment, designation, identification, acknowledgement, realization, realisation

3. recognition, creditnoun

   approval

   "give her recognition for trying"; "he was given credit for his work"; "give her credit for trying"

   Synonyms:
   credit, acknowledgment, mention, course credit, credit rating, identification, citation, quotation, reference, acknowledgement, credit entry, cite, realization, realisation, deferred payment

4. realization, realisation, recognitionnoun

   coming to understand something clearly and distinctly

   "a growing realization of the risk involved"; "a sudden recognition of the problem he faced"; "increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases"

   Synonyms:
   actualization, credit, acknowledgment, fruition, actualisation, identification, acknowledgement, realization, realisation

5. recognitionnoun

   (biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape

   "molecular recognition drives all of biology, for instance, hormone and receptor or antibody-antigen interactions or the organization of molecules into larger biologically active entities"

   Synonyms:
   acknowledgement, acknowledgment, identification, credit, realization, realisation

6. recognitionnoun

   the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country

   "territorial disputes were resolved in Guatemala's recognition of Belize in 1991"

   Synonyms:
   acknowledgement, acknowledgment, identification, credit, realization, realisation

7. recognitionnoun

   an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid

   "the recognition of the Rio Grande as a boundary between Mexico and the United States"

   Synonyms:
   acknowledgement, acknowledgment, identification, credit, realization, realisation

8. recognitionnoun

   designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body

   "he was unable to make his motion because he couldn't get recognition by the chairman"

   Synonyms:
   acknowledgement, acknowledgment, identification, credit, realization, realisation

How to use recognition in a sentence?

1. Bobby Ryan:

   It’s really weird that I didn’t want to go back to my other name, i don’t know if it was because I didn’t want to be associated with everything that happened or I was getting recognition throughout the country for hockey or what it was . . . but I liked it. I felt more comfortable with it at that point for some reason.

2. Gerard C. Eakedale:

   Recognition is the greatest motivator.

3. Fredrik Nilsson:

   Anybody walking into a branch expects to be recorded, but when you’re talking about face recognition, that’s a larger conversation.

4. Tim Crosland:

   Following the recent Extinction Rebellion protests there is widespread recognition that we are in a state of climate and ecological emergency.

5. David Harris:

   Truly heroic work does, I hope, get the recognition it deserves: the officer who runs into a burning building to save someone, the officer who risks his or her life to save that of a civilian in a hostage situation, but the work of police officers is full of other types of good work every day: helping the good people in neighborhoods with the problems they have. Helping us all, in small ways, to have a safe and prosperous place to live. That's the everyday work that doesn't get a lot of recognition, because it's not unusual.

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