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Definition of know-nothing in English: know-nothingnoun ˈnəʊnʌθɪŋˈnoʊˌnəθɪŋ 1An ignorant person. 无知的人 Example sentencesExamples - After all, a bunch of arrogant know-nothings was trying to use the Internet to hijack industries that took decades or centuries to build.
- Is it possible that conservatives are actually the intellectuals, reading books and playing with ideas and thinking about issues, while liberals are, at least comparatively, the unreflective know-nothings?
- The football authorities and club owners were snobbish, patronising know-nothings who treated the players like serfs.
- Customer awareness is growing in part because the average buyer is fed up with callous treatment by apathetic clerks and know-nothing customer-service agents.
- The truth, bluntly, is that he is an irresponsible know-nothing.
- While at first she had thought him a reckless know-nothing, she learned that first impressions were deceiving.
- You could hear it said on all sides, by various well-meaning know-nothings and celebrities, that the phenomenon was a product of ‘despair.’
- Notice that she is not skeptical about the power of science; she is not the sort of know-nothing who doubts the claims of scientists to be able to change the world.
- It's not the semi-literate know-nothings who pollute the comment boards of blogs with their repetitive drivel.
- I hate these unfounded accusations made by know-nothings.
- Burnside stands out from his peers; he's not a know-nothing writer but one with distinct theories about language and life.
- Doesn't that moon-faced know-nothing know when to give up?
- It's an attempt by the know-nothings in Congress to pander to their constituencies and stir them up with idiotic talk of ‘unelected judges’ taking away their right.
- He gives the basics of the science behind his conclusions, very useful for a science know-nothing like myself, and the final few chapters try and draw out some lessons for us.
- In doing so, he echoes the line of many a know-nothing conservative before him.
- But to this know-nothing writer, this election seems different.
- In the eyes of the Star Tribune, he is one of the know-nothings and charlatans waging war on law and reason and science and medicine.
- I love this country, but the bureaucracy and authoritarian know-nothings are making it hazardous in their lapses of common sense and justice.
- Ironically, a nation of know-nothings is secretly guided by adherents of an esoteric political tradition rooted in a grand conversation among philosophers ranging from ancient Greece to Weimar Germany.
- He was a maniac, a know-nothing who wanted to impose himself on the story, without having a clue what it was about.
2North American historical A member of a political party in the US, prominent from 1853 to 1856, that was antagonistic towards Roman Catholics and recent immigrants, and whose members preserved its secrecy by denying its existence. 〈美史〉一无所知党成员（美国1853-1856年间强烈反对罗马天主教和新移民的政党成员，他们严守秘密，否认其组织的存在） Example sentencesExamples - Many secret orders sprang up, and when outsiders made interrogations of supposed members, they were answered with a statement that the person knew nothing, which is why members were called Know-Nothings.
- Both Know-Nothings and Democrats exaggerated the events in Kansas and predicted disaster if the other party were to be entrusted with protecting slavery.
- Concerning the nomination of Fillmore, it was the perception of Fillmore throughout the state, not his actual record, that was most important in sending Know-Nothings to the Democratic Party.
- Unionists such as Sam Houston and Andrew Jackson Hamilton allied with the Know-Nothings, reflecting that party's strength among the small farmers in the western districts.
- Does anybody remember reading about the Bull Moose Party, or the Know-Nothings?
Derivativesnoun Most of these volumes preached the most ridiculous styles of know-nothingism. Example sentencesExamples - His faith is far more sincere and far more deserving of respect than the brain-dead know-nothingism of the fundamentalists.
- His song is a predictable piece of vaguely Christian know-nothingism.
- Quite a few conservatives responded to the widespread put-downs of his intelligence by embracing literal know-nothingism.
- Though at first glance, the prospects that trustees and alumni donors can recall the universities from their descent into narcissistic know-nothingism look grim, donors nevertheless have two possible levers for change.
Definition of know-nothing in US English: know-nothingnounˈnōˌnəTHiNGˈnoʊˌnəθɪŋ 1An ignorant person. 无知的人 Example sentencesExamples - Customer awareness is growing in part because the average buyer is fed up with callous treatment by apathetic clerks and know-nothing customer-service agents.
- In doing so, he echoes the line of many a know-nothing conservative before him.
- Notice that she is not skeptical about the power of science; she is not the sort of know-nothing who doubts the claims of scientists to be able to change the world.
- It's not the semi-literate know-nothings who pollute the comment boards of blogs with their repetitive drivel.
- The football authorities and club owners were snobbish, patronising know-nothings who treated the players like serfs.
- It's an attempt by the know-nothings in Congress to pander to their constituencies and stir them up with idiotic talk of ‘unelected judges’ taking away their right.
- I hate these unfounded accusations made by know-nothings.
- Is it possible that conservatives are actually the intellectuals, reading books and playing with ideas and thinking about issues, while liberals are, at least comparatively, the unreflective know-nothings?
- In the eyes of the Star Tribune, he is one of the know-nothings and charlatans waging war on law and reason and science and medicine.
- I love this country, but the bureaucracy and authoritarian know-nothings are making it hazardous in their lapses of common sense and justice.
- Burnside stands out from his peers; he's not a know-nothing writer but one with distinct theories about language and life.
- Doesn't that moon-faced know-nothing know when to give up?
- The truth, bluntly, is that he is an irresponsible know-nothing.
- Ironically, a nation of know-nothings is secretly guided by adherents of an esoteric political tradition rooted in a grand conversation among philosophers ranging from ancient Greece to Weimar Germany.
- You could hear it said on all sides, by various well-meaning know-nothings and celebrities, that the phenomenon was a product of ‘despair.’
- He was a maniac, a know-nothing who wanted to impose himself on the story, without having a clue what it was about.
- After all, a bunch of arrogant know-nothings was trying to use the Internet to hijack industries that took decades or centuries to build.
- He gives the basics of the science behind his conclusions, very useful for a science know-nothing like myself, and the final few chapters try and draw out some lessons for us.
- But to this know-nothing writer, this election seems different.
- While at first she had thought him a reckless know-nothing, she learned that first impressions were deceiving.
2North American historical A member of a political party in the US, prominent from 1853 to 1856, that was antagonistic toward Roman Catholics and recent immigrants, and whose members preserved its secrecy by denying its existence. 〈美史〉一无所知党成员（美国1853-1856年间强烈反对罗马天主教和新移民的政党成员，他们严守秘密，否认其组织的存在） Example sentencesExamples - Unionists such as Sam Houston and Andrew Jackson Hamilton allied with the Know-Nothings, reflecting that party's strength among the small farmers in the western districts.
- Many secret orders sprang up, and when outsiders made interrogations of supposed members, they were answered with a statement that the person knew nothing, which is why members were called Know-Nothings.
- Does anybody remember reading about the Bull Moose Party, or the Know-Nothings?
- Both Know-Nothings and Democrats exaggerated the events in Kansas and predicted disaster if the other party were to be entrusted with protecting slavery.
- Concerning the nomination of Fillmore, it was the perception of Fillmore throughout the state, not his actual record, that was most important in sending Know-Nothings to the Democratic Party.
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