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Know-Nothingism

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know-noth·ing (nnthng)
n.
1. A totally ignorant person; an ignoramus.
2. An anti-intellectual.
3. An agnostic.
4. Know-Nothing A member of a political party in the United States during the 1850s that was antagonistic toward recent immigrants and Roman Catholics.
know-nothing·ism n.
Know-Nothingism
doctrines of the American Party (1853-1856), the main goal of which was to bar foreign-born citizens from participating in government. — know-nothing, n.
See also: Politics
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Properly understood, Know-Nothingism was not so much a political movement, but an anti-Irish-Catholic cult.
Know-Nothings' bigotry lives by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
35) Such assurances may not have provided consolation to Catholics hearing Truett's addresses, but they do suggest a commitment to religious liberty that existed in Baptist thought long before the rise of Know-Nothingism and the American Protective Association.
A millstone hanged about his neck?: George W. Truett, ... by Holcomb, J. David / Baptist History and Heritage
The vestiges of know-nothingism remained opposed to immigration, inveighed against public financing of Catholic schools, remained suspicious of Catholic political control of government jobs in big cities, and, generally, fed fears of the watering down of nativism and national values.
Public financing of religious schools: James G. Blaine and Justice ... by Alexander, Kern / Forum on Public Policy: A Journal of the Oxford Round Table
 
 
 
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