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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
know-nothing/ˈnəʊnʌθɪŋ/

▶noun

1 an ignorant person.

2 (Know-Nothing) a member of a 19th-century US political party which was antagonistic towards immigrants, and whose members denied its existence.

– derivatives
know-nothingism noun.

'know-nothing' also found in these Oxford entries:

double negative - have

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