Usually means: Rejection of knowledge, anti-intellectual stance.
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  1. know-nothingism: Merriam-Webster
  2. know-nothingism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Know-Nothingism, know-nothingism: Wordnik
  4. Know-Nothingism: Wiktionary
  5. Know-nothingism, know-nothingism: Dictionary.com
  6. Know-Nothingism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Know-nothingism: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. know-nothingism: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Know-nothingism: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. know-nothingism: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Know-Nothingism: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  (historical) The doctrines, principles, or practices of the Know-Nothings.

Similar:
nabobism, Party of No, antisnobbery, naturalism, negatism, nonintrusionism, national-anarchism, national conservatism, neopuritanism, isolationism, more...

Opposite:
knowledge, enlightenment, education

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Similar:
nabobism, Party of No, antisnobbery, naturalism, negatism, nonintrusionism, national-anarchism, national conservatism, neopuritanism, isolationism, more...

Opposite:
knowledge, enlightenment, education



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