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单词 know-nothingism
释义 know-noth·ing·ism
\-ŋˌizəm\ noun
(-s)
1. usually capitalized K&N : the principles and policies of the 19th century Know-Nothings
2. : the fact or condition of knowing nothing or of desiring to know nothing or the conviction that nothing can be known with certitude especially in religion or morality
 < an ethical know-nothingism in which there is no longer any certainty … as to what is and what is not evil — F.B.Millett >
3. sometimes capitalized K&N : a political attitude or philosophy of the mid-twentieth century characterized chiefly by anti-intellectualism and exaggerated patriotism and by fear of foreign and subversive influences
 < fighting the battle inside the government against the forces of hysteria and know-nothingism — Reed Harris >
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