Meaning of "know-nothing" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF KNOW-NOTHING

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KNOW-NOTHING

Know-Nothing is a noun.

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WHAT DOES KNOW-NOTHING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Know Nothing

The Know Nothing movement was an American political movement that operated on a national basis during the mid-1850s. It promised to purify American politics by limiting or ending the influence of Irish Catholics and other immigrants, thus reflecting nativism and anti-Catholic sentiment. It was empowered by popular fears that the country was being overwhelmed by German and Irish Catholic immigrants, whom they saw as hostile to republican values and controlled by the Pope in Rome. Mainly active from 1854 to 1856, it strove to curb immigration and naturalization, but met with little success. Membership was limited to Protestant males. There were few prominent leaders, and the largely middle-class membership fragmented over the issue of slavery. The most prominent leaders were ex-President Millard Fillmore, Massachusetts Congressman Nathaniel P. Banks, and former congressman Lewis C. Levin.

Definition of know-nothing in the English dictionary

The definition of know-nothing in the dictionary is an ignorant person.

TRANSLATION OF KNOW-NOTHING

Find out the translation of know-nothing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of know-nothing from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «know-nothing» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 知道全无
• Translator English - Spanish: saber - nada
• English: know-nothing
• Translator English - Hindi: पता कुछ भी नहीं
• Translator English - Arabic: اعرف شيئا
• Translator English - Russian: не знаю - ничего
• Translator English - Portuguese: sabe - nada
• Translator English - Bengali: কিছুই জানি না
• Translator English - French: savoir- rien
• Translator English - Malay: Tidak tahu apa-apa
• Translator English - German: wissen -nichts-
• Translator English - Japanese: 知らない、何もし
• Translator English - Korean: 알지 - 아무것도
• Translator English - Javanese: Ngerti apa-apa
• Translator English - Vietnamese: biết - gì
• Translator English - Tamil: நோ-நத்திங்
• Translator English - Marathi: माहित-काहीही नाही
• Translator English - Turkish: hiçbir şey bilmemek
• Translator English - Italian: ignorantone
• Translator English - Polish: nic nie wiem -
• Translator English - Ukrainian: не знаю - нічого
• Translator English - Romanian: stiu nimic
• Translator English - Greek: γνωρίζουν τίποτα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: weet - niks
• Translator English - Swedish: vet - inget
• Translator English - Norwegian: know- ingenting

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KNOW-NOTHING»

Discover the use of know-nothing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to know-nothing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Marshall McLuhan: You Know Nothing of My Work!

Surveys the life and career of the social theorist best known for the quotation, "The medium is the message," who helped shape the culture of the 1960s and predicted the future of television and the rise of the Internet.

Douglas Coupland, 2010

Nativism and Slavery: The Northern Know Nothings and the ...

In this important book, however, Anbinder argues that the Know Nothings' phenomenal success was inextricably linked to the firm stance their northern members took against the extension of slavery.

Tyler Anbinder, 1992

A Know-Nothing Halloween

Four easily confused friends find their own way to celebrate Halloween.

Michele Sobel Spirn, 2001

You Don't Have to Be Buddhist to Know Nothing: An ...

Organized in short topical chapters from Knowing Nothing to the Joy of Unknowing and Nothing is Sacred, the verbal snapshots captured in this collection create a coherent work of insight, wisdom, humor and wonder.You Don't Have to Be ...

Joan Konner

Topics About Which I Know Nothing

Scintillating, surprising, inventive fiction from one of the most talented writers in Britain – this is a superb collection of short stories from the acclaimed author of the Chaos Walking series and ‘More Than This’.

Patrick Ness, 2010

I Know Nothing

Are you a spiritual hitchhiker looking for a ride? If you are, grab your backpack and hop in. This book is pulling over for you.

Denise J. Wilson, 2012

The Natural Sciences Know Nothing of Evolution

Today in nearly all colleges, universities, high schools and elementary schools the theory of evolution is taught as scientific fact, a theory that states that creation evolved from a single accident.

A E Wilder-Smith, Word for Today, The, 1989

Of My Real Life I Know Nothing

Ten stories complete this collection of emotionally charged characters connected through a complex interweaving of repeated themes.

Ana María Moix, 2008

Know Nothing

Troubled by the slavery that supports his father's plantation, Johnny Catlett, nonetheless, feels compelled to fight for the Confederacy

Mary Lee Settle, 1981

You Don't Know Nothing Miss

Children with special needs need special instruction, not only for their sakes but for the future of society. The 'maladjusted' usually have more stress than they can cope with.

Heather Lindsay, 2007

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KNOW-NOTHING»

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the Know-Nothing party was a nativist, anti-immigrant U.S. party that rallied for immigration restrictions, voting constraints that excluded ... «Latina, Jul 15»