know-nothingisms

plural of know-nothingism

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agnosticism
Noun
  • In the United States, where various types of Protestantism used to be associated with elite culture, Catholicism has risen on the right, while various evangelical, and both Catholicism more tolerant nondenominational Christian churches, have grown, as opposed to more popular atheism or agnosticism.
    Christian Paz, Vox, 25 Apr. 2025
  • But this isn’t new: Environmentalists have had a deep legacy of inattention, or agnosticism, to the question of race.
    Jerel Ezell, Time, 22 Apr. 2025
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“Know-nothingisms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/know-nothingisms. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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