Know-Nothing

noun

Etymology

Essentially deverbal in nature, albeit not from a unitary phrasal verb. Compare do-nothing § Etymology.

Definitions

  1. A member of a secret antiforeigner political organization in the nineteenth-century…

    A member of a secret antiforeigner political organization in the nineteenth-century United States.

  2. Ignorant

    Ignorant; characterized by foolish denial of facts or beliefs in that which is not true.

    • All over the world, know-nothing xenophobes are claiming – without evidence – that climate science is rigged.
  3. An ignorant person

    An ignorant person; one who lacks knowledge.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA