Know-Nothingism
English
Etymology
Know-Nothing + -ism
Noun
Know-Nothingism (uncountable)
- (historical) The doctrines, principles, or practices of the Know-Nothings.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for Know-Nothingism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)