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Agnosticism

//æɡˈnɒstɪsɪzəm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The view that absolute truth or ultimate certainty is unattainable, especially regarding knowledge not based on experience or perceivable phenomena. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge wordnet
  3. 3
    The view that the existence of God or of all deities is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable. countable, uncountable

    "Holonyms: epistemology, cosmology, ontology, philosophy"

  4. 4
    a religious orientation of doubt; a denial of ultimate knowledge of the existence of God wordnet
  5. 5
    Doubt, uncertainty, or scepticism regarding the existence of a god or gods. countable, uncountable

    "1956, January 31ˢᵗ: Alan Alexander Milne; quoted in:"

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  1. 6
    Doubt, uncertainty, or scepticism regarding any subject of dispute. broadly, countable, uncountable

Etymology

Coined by Thomas Henry Huxley. From a- + gnostic + -ism (see also agnostic).

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