Dictionary  know-noth•ingPronunciation: (nō'nuth"ing), [key] —n. 1. an ignorant or totally uninformed person; ignoramus. 2. an agnostic. 3. (caps.) U.S. Hist.a member of a political party (American party or Know'-Noth"ing par"ty) 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. 4. a person whose anti-intellectualism, xenophobia, and other political attitudes recall the Know-Nothings. —adj. 1. grossly ignorant; totally uninformed. 2. agnostic. 3. (caps.) of or pertaining to the Know-Nothings. 4. of or pertaining to a political know-nothing. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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