know-everything
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afraid
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noun
Synonym of know-it-all.
There is Mali, there is Guinea, you are about to say— but our loans to Mali and Guinea, my young know-everythings, are like fish to vultures; the stomach remains empty.
Even with the best screening methods, the loud talkers, the silent ones, and the know-everythings still may show up, for the world is full of these.
A highly knowledgeable person; expert.
Lots of people are like that in our business, trying to act like complete know-everythings.
In the nineteenth century, Twain was the know-everything traveller, who made his homeland seem doubly attractive by so engagingly representing its energy and creativity.
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3There is Mali, there is Guinea, you are about to say— but our loans to Mali and Guinea, my young know-everythings, are like fish to vultures; the stomach remains empty.
WiktionaryEven with the best screening methods, the loud talkers, the silent ones, and the know-everythings still may show up, for the world is full of these.
WiktionaryWhy is the "know-everything" so afraid of the autonomy of others, and the "know-nothing" so afraid of his own autonomy?
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