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know-nothing
[noh-nuhth-ing]
noun
an ignorant or totally uninformed person; ignoramus.
an agnostic.
(initial capital letters)a member of a political party American party, or Know-Nothing 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
informalan ignorant person
Other Word Forms
- know-nothingism noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of know-nothing1
Example Sentences
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.
Were his opponents know-nothing babies?
Democrats, Republicans, members of the Unionist and Know-Nothing parties.
Four years later, he ran for president with the Know-Nothing Party but lost every state except Maryland.
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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