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- noun The doctrines, principles, or practices of the
Know-Nothings .
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Examples
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* Know-Nothingism in 21st Century America: Justin Elliott has the dispiriting tale of a Texas school that nixed Arabic classes because parents were angry that their children were being taught about Islam.
The Morning Plum Greg Sargent 2011
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The historian Samuel Eliot Morison wrote that "Know-Nothingism was a flare-up of anti-Catholic and anti-foreign sentiments."
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Foe Obama or against, one can only be aghast at the poll and at the tenor of the comments, the results of demagogues who wrap themselves in fake patriotism and pander to Know-Nothingism.
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As White Populism and the new Know-Nothingism sweep America, Harry Reid is going to stake the political future of the Democrats on both helping immigrants and forcing those few citizens who still have jobs to register their fingerprints with the federal government.
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The historian Samuel Eliot Morison wrote that "Know-Nothingism was a flare-up of anti-Catholic and anti-foreign sentiments."
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Know-Nothingism had finally expired in the atmosphere of ethnic unity produced by the Civil War, and the mood of postwar America was such as to militate against a nativist revival.
The Chicago Blog: Getting in before they closed the door 2006
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Know-Nothingism had finally expired in the atmosphere of ethnic unity produced by the Civil War, and the mood of postwar America was such as to militate against a nativist revival.
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Dumb gets dumber, even to the point of suicidal tendencies, like other religious death cults - a once proud independent Kansas is brought to her knees by a bunch of hysterical descendants of Know-Nothingism and the Temperance Leagues.
Archive 2006-12-01 Michael Caddell 2006
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Dumb gets dumber, even to the point of suicidal tendencies, like other religious death cults - a once proud independent Kansas is brought to her knees by a bunch of hysterical descendants of Know-Nothingism and the Temperance Leagues.
Chavez Uses Petro-Dollars to Help the Poor - in America Michael Caddell 2006
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If Know-Nothingism was present, it prudently accepted an attitude of subordination.
Political Recollections 1840 to 1872 George W. Julian
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