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Agnostic
Definitions
- 1 Doubtful or uncertain about the existence or demonstrability of God or other deity.
"She left the church when she had become agnostic."
- 2 Having no firmly held opinions on something. informal, usually
"I'm agnostic on whether ethanol is a green fuel."
- 3 Of or relating to agnosticism or its adherents.
"His agnostic viewpoint is summarized in his book."
- 4 Unaware or noncommittal regarding the specific nature of the components or input with which it interacts.
"The socket communications layer is agnostic with regard to its underlying transport mechanism—it is “transport-agnostic”."
- 1 uncertain of all claims to knowledge wordnet
- 2 of or pertaining to an agnostic or agnosticism wordnet
- 1 A person who holds to a form of agnosticism, especially uncertainty of the existence of a deity.
"The Agnostic is one who asserts—what no one denies—that there are limits to the sphere of human intelligence."
- 2 a person who claims that they cannot have true knowledge about the existence of God (but does not deny that God might exist) wordnet
- 3 someone who is doubtful or noncommittal about something wordnet
Etymology
Coined by Thomas Henry Huxley in 1870. Either from Ancient Greek ἄγνωστος (ágnōstos, “ignorant, not knowing”), or from a- + Gnostic, deriving (either way) from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “I know”).
Coined by Thomas Henry Huxley in 1870. Either from Ancient Greek ἄγνωστος (ágnōstos, “ignorant, not knowing”), or from a- + Gnostic, deriving (either way) from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “I know”).
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