English Explanatory Dictionary

know-nothingness

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state of knowing nothing; ignorance.
  2. A perverse admiration or embrace of ignorance.

Word forms

know-nothingness knownothingness

Etymology

From know-nothing + -ness.

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