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单词 know-everythingism
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know-everythingismn.

Brit. /nəʊˈɛvrᵻθɪŋɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌnoʊˈɛv(ə)riˌθɪŋˌɪz(ə)m/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: know v., everything pron. and n., -ism suffix.
Etymology: < know v. + everything pron. and n. + -ism suffix, probably after know-nothingism n.
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).
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