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know nothing
(redirected from Knownothingism)

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Noun1.know nothing - an ignorant personknow nothing - an ignorant person                  
unskilled person - a person who lacks technical training
aliterate, aliterate person - a person who can read but is disinclined to derive information from literary sources
illiterate, illiterate person, nonreader - a person unable to read


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Haynes, "A Chapter From the Local History of Knownothingism," The New England Magazine (1896): 82-96.
We may give comfort to all the forces in the contemporary world that are at odds with civilized living: prejudice, violent anger, knownothingism, and so forth.
 
 
 
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