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know-nothing

  ('nŭth'ĭng)
n.
  1. A totally ignorant person; an ignoramus.
  2. An anti-intellectual.
  3. An agnostic.
  4. Know-Nothing A member of a political party in the United States during the 1850s that was antagonistic toward recent immigrants and Roman Catholics.
knownothingism know'-noth'ing·ism n.
 
 
WordNet: know nothing
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: an ignorant person
  Synonyms: ignoramus, uneducated person


 
Translations: Translations for: Know-nothing

Dansk (Danish)
n. - uvidende person, agnostiker

Nederlands (Dutch)
stommeling, agnosticus

Français (French)
n. - ignare, inculte, agnostique

Deutsch (German)
n. - Nichtswisser

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (φιλοσ.) αγνωστικιστής, (καθομ.) αμαθής, κούτσουρο

Italiano (Italian)
ignorante

Português (Portuguese)
n. - ignorante (m) (f), agnóstico (m) (Filos.)

Русский (Russian)
невежда, агностик

Español (Spanish)
n. - ignorante, agnóstico

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - dumbom, okunnig människa

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
无知者, 不可知论者

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 無知者, 不可知論者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 무식한 사람 , 불가지론자

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 何も知らない人, ノーナッシング党
adj. - 何も知らない, 不可知論的な, 不可知論の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شخص جهول‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בור, בער‬


 
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