secret knowledge

collocation in English

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secret
adjective
uk
/ˈsiː.krət/us
/ˈsiː.krət/
If something is secret, other people are not allowed to know ...
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knowledge
noun
uk
/ˈnɒl.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈnɑː.lɪdʒ/
understanding of or information about a subject that you get by experience or study, either known by one person or by ...
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(Definition ofsecretandknowledgefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However, we are not interested in the interactive accomplishment of the blacksmith'ssecretknowledge.
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These assertions are followed, naturally, by assertions that only the accuser possesses the 'true', complete, superior orsecretknowledge.
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Secretknowledgewas organized with the consent of the community and legitimized the position of ritualists, even if occasional doubts about the latter's benevolence existed.
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There are no secret deals and nosecretknowledge.
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Unauthorised disclosures by those who have the privilege of privileged andsecretknowledgecan do untold damage.
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He is still refused permission to leave, because of thesecretknowledgethat he allegedly has.
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Third, conspiracy theories are often presented as special,secretknowledgeunknown or unappreciated by others.
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This was considered a democratic revolution as there was no longer anysecretknowledgeconfined to a priesthood class.
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Athena, though also a goddess of prosperity, is primarily the goddess of wisdom, and her owl symbolizessecretknowledgeand scholarship.
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Thesecretknowledgerequired to decrypt the message is usually a short number or string called a "key".
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Intimate conversations become the basis for confidences (secretknowledge) that bind people together.
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Thesecretknowledgeindicates that the spy is a highly placed person.
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The receiving party uses hissecretknowledgeof the cipher to decrypt the ciphertext to obtain the plaintext.
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The pneumatic saw himself as escaping the doom of the material world via thesecretknowledge.
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Ryan has extremelysecretknowledgeof the 20th century.
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Although an industry standard exists among most major hard drive manufacturers, there are some remaining issues and much proprietarysecretknowledgeheld by individual manufacturers as to their specific approach.
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