know-it-all
noun
: one who claims to know everything
also
: one who disdains advice
know-it-all
adjective
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In an age of impatience and an ADHD approach to consuming wrestling storylines, the fact that fans and media were not given an immediate roadmap to what, exactly, is happening with WrestleMania 41’s top angle infuriated the typical know-it-all social media audience.
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Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Trachtenberg, whose death at 39 was announced on February 26, spent much of her career playing the most likable version of a precocious brat, a know-it-all who gets away with just about everything thanks to her doe eyes and charisma.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
That extends to Watson himself, who is portrayed as a master of deductive reasoning, a swaggering know-it-all who has a genius-like understanding of human nature and the world itself.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
Similarly, Satya Nadella’s cultural transformation of Microsoft—shifting from know-it-alls to learn-it-alls—puts a gigantic spotlight on the power of empathetic leadership, one that can be used to ignite cultural shifts to fuel innovation.
—Dan Pontefract, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Trachtenberg, whose death at 39 was announced on February 26, spent much of her career playing the most likable version of a precocious brat, a know-it-all who gets away with just about everything thanks to her doe eyes and charisma.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
That extends to Watson himself, who is portrayed as a master of deductive reasoning, a swaggering know-it-all who has a genius-like understanding of human nature and the world itself.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
Similarly, Satya Nadella’s cultural transformation of Microsoft—shifting from know-it-alls to learn-it-alls—puts a gigantic spotlight on the power of empathetic leadership, one that can be used to ignite cultural shifts to fuel innovation.
—Dan Pontefract, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Know-it-all.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/know-it-all. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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