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know-nothing
[ noh-nuhth-ing ]
noun
- an ignorant or totally uninformed person; ignoramus.
- an agnostic.
- (initial capital letters) U.S. History. a member of a political party American party, or Know-Noth·ing party prominent from 1853 to 1856, whose aim was to keep control of the government in the hands of native-born citizens: so called because members originally professed ignorance of the party's activities.
- a person whose anti-intellectualism, xenophobia, and other political attitudes recall the Know-Nothings.
adjective
- grossly ignorant; totally uninformed.
- (initial capital letters) of or relating to the Know-Nothings.
- of or relating to a political know-nothing.
know-nothing
noun
- informal.an ignorant person
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of know-nothing1
First recorded in 1815–25; 1850–55 know-nothing fordefs 3, 7
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Musk's baby-faced boy army is just an especially galling example of how the billionaire believes random know-nothing right-wingers should usurp the authority of elected representatives.
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Were his opponents know-nothing babies?
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Democrats, Republicans, members of the Unionist and Know-Nothing parties.
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Four years later, he ran for president with the Know-Nothing Party but lost every state except Maryland.
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Know-nothing members of Congress insist that they are sick and tired of the separation of church and state mandated by the First Amendment.
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