Definitions of know-it-all. someone who thinks he knows everything and refuses to accept advice or information from others. synonyms: know-all. type of: egoist, egotist, swellhead. a conceited and self-centered person.
know-all | know-it-all (noun British informal) – a person who acts as though he or she knows everything and who dismisses the opinions, comments, or suggestions of others.
om·ni·scient äm-ˈni-shənt. : having infinite awareness, understanding, and insight. an omniscient author. the narrator seems an omniscient person who tells us about the characters and their relations Ira Konigsberg.
Dunning-Kruger effect, in psychology, a cognitive bias whereby people with limited knowledge or competence in a given intellectual or social domain greatly overestimate their own knowledge or competence in that domain relative to objective criteria or to the performance of their peers or of people in general.
One of the most common words to describe someone who thinks they are better than someone else is arrogant. Another very common word to describe such a person is proud. I can't stand how arrogant he is! Don't be too proud to admit you're wrong. The opposite of arrogant is humble.
conceited. adjective. someone who is conceited behaves in a way that shows they think they are very intelligent, skillful, or attractive.
Noun. sophomania (uncountable) A delusion of having superior intelligence.
sapiophile (plural sapiophiles) A person who is attracted, whether it be sexually, romantically, or otherwise, to intelligence or intelligent people rather than to the physical appearance.
Specifically, those with a high intellectual capacity (hyper brain) possess overexcitabilities in various domains that may predispose them to certain psychological disorders as well as physiological conditions involving elevated sensory, and altered immune and inflammatory responses (hyper body).
High IQ may “mask” the diagnosis of ADHD by compensating for deficits in executive functions in treatment-naïve adults with ADHD.
Studies have also found that higher IQ is associated with more mental illness, including depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder.
People who are sapiosexual are physically and emotionally turned on by intelligence. Sapiosexuals think that intelligence is the most attractive trait and value it more than a potential partner's looks or even personality.
Sapiosexuality means that a person is sexually attracted to highly intelligent people, so much so that they consider it to be the most important trait in a partner. It is a relatively new word that has become more popular in recent years. Both LGBTQ+ people and heterosexual people may identify as sapiosexual.
Describes a romantic preference in which a person experiences a greater level of romantic attraction towards intelligence as opposed to any other quality/feature. A sapioromantic could have such a strong romantic attraction to intellect that it can be irrespective of gender or physical attractiveness.
: attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation. an ostentatious display of wealth/knowledge.
Panglossian (comparative more Panglossian, superlative most Panglossian) (derogatory) Naively or unreasonably optimistic. Though he took a Panglossian view of the world in his youth, he became jaded as he grew older. (derogatory) Of or relating to the view that this is the best of all possible worlds.
An opsimath is a person who begins, or continues, to study or learn late in life. The word is derived from the Greek ὀψέ (opsé), meaning 'late', and μανθάνω (manthánō), meaning 'learn'.
Noun. sophomania (uncountable) A delusion of having superior intelligence.
: an ardent desire or longing. especially : a feeling of loss or grief for something lost.
adjective. If you say that someone is dogmatic, you are critical of them because they are convinced that they are right, and refuse to consider that other opinions might also be justified.
A pantomath is a person who wants to know or knows everything. The word itself is not to be found in common online English dictionaries, the OED, dictionaries of obscure words, or dictionaries of neologisms.
Pragmatism is a philosophical tradition that considers words and thought as tools and instruments for prediction, problem solving, and action, and rejects the idea that the function of thought is to describe, represent, or mirror reality.
1. the tendency to act in a blindly certain, assertive, and authoritative manner in accordance with a strongly held set of beliefs. 2. a personality trait characterized by this tendency. The belief system of such an individual is strongly held and resistant to change.