单词 | know-everythingism |
释义 | know-everythingismn. rare. The belief that one knows everything, or that it is possible to do so; pretension to universal knowledge. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > large amount of knowledge > [noun] > possession of universality1605 polymathy1642 all-knowingness1674 pansophia1674 pansophy1792 polyhistory1799 multiscience1816 encyclopaedism1833 universalism1838 omnisciencea1845 know-everythingism1855 pansophism1868 1855 J. G. Barr in Spirit of Times 17 Nov. 470/3 The extreme of know-every-thing-ism, or absolute and unqualified know-nothing-ism, Saxon or Irishman, the man of business or the town loafer, the city gentleman or the country bumpkin. 1866 G. Stephens Old-Northern Runic Monuments I. p. xvii The ignorance and insolence of modern know-every-thingism, that is of modern sciolism. 1992 C. Glymour Thinking Things Through x. 250 Nothing much is gained if we refute know-nothingism by embracing know-everythingism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1855 |
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