Agnosticism

//æɡˈnɒstɪsɪzəm//

Synonyms for "agnosticism" (57 found)

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Closest matches (12)

agnosis atheism atomism blankmindedness callowness deism denial disbelief discredit doubt empty-headedness

Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (17)

greenhornism greenness heresy hiatus of learning humism ignorance ignorantism ignorantness inability to believe inanity incredulity inexperience infidelity innocence know-nothingism knowledge-gap

Noun(1 words)

irreligion

Related words (28)

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

3 entries

disbelief religious orientation unbelief

Related terms

6 entries

Gnostic Gnosticism agnosia agnosy ignostic ignosticism

coordinate

15 entries

;antireligion antireligiousness antitheism apatheism atheism ignosticism igtheism irreligion irreligiousness religion see kinds of religion theism theology transtheism

derived

4 entries

agnostic agnostically agnostics antiagnosticism

derived from

1 entries

icism

is a

2 entries

religious orientation unbelief

related to

15 entries

certainty deity doubt existence experience god knowledge phenomena scepticism truth uncertainty unknowable unknown unprovable unproven

similar

1 entries

deism

Translations

45 translations across 42 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

لَاأَدْرِيَّة noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

Armenian

1 entries

ագնոստիցիզմ noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

Asturian

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agnosticismu noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

Basque

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agnostizismo noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

Bengali

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অজ্ঞেয়বাদ noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

Bulgarian

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агностици́зъм noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

Catalan

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agnosticisme noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

Chinese Cantonese

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不可知論 /不可知论 noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

不可知論 /不可知论 noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

Czech

1 entries

agnosticismus noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

Danish

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agnostisisme noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

Dutch

1 entries

agnosticisme noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

Esperanto

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agnostikismo noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

Finnish

1 entries

agnostismi noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

French

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agnosticisme noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

Georgian

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აგნოსტიციზმი noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

German

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Agnostizismus noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

Greek

2 entries

αγνωσιαρχία noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)
αγνωστικισμός noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

Hebrew

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אגנוסטיות noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

Hindi

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अज्ञेयवाद noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

Ido

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agnostikismo noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

Indonesian

1 entries

agnostisisme noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

Italian

1 entries

agnosticismo noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

Japanese

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不可知論 noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

Korean

1 entries

불가지론 noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

Latin

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agnosticismus noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

Malay

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agnostisisme noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

agnostisisme noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

agnostisisme noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

Polish

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agnostycyzm noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

Portuguese

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agnosticismo noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

Romanian

1 entries

agnosticism noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

Russian

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агностици́зм noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

Scottish Gaelic

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adhbharachas noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

agnosticizam noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)
агностицизам noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

Sicilian

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agnusticìsimu noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

Spanish

1 entries

agnosticismo noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

Swedish

1 entries

agnosticism noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

Thai

1 entries

อไญยนิยม noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

Turkish

2 entries

agnostisizm noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)
bilinemezcilik noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

Ukrainian

1 entries

агностици́зм noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

Vietnamese

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thuyết bất khả tri noun (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

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Holonyms: epistemology, cosmology, ontology, philosophy

Source: wiktionary

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

Source: wiktionary

1988: James B. Simpson, Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, № 4,393 (Houghton Mifflin, →ISBN The Old Testament is responsible for more atheism, agnosticism, disbelief — call it what you will — than any book ever written; it has emptied more churches than all the counterattractions of cinema, motor bicycle and golf course.

Source: wiktionary

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