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agnosticism en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /æɡˈnɑstɪsɪzəm/ (General-American)
  • /æɡˈnɒstɪsɪzəm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Mid-Atlantic, US) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The view that absolute truth or ultimate certainty is unattainable, especially regarding knowledge not based on experience or perceivable phenomena.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The view that the existence of God or of all deities is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable.
    • Holonyms: epistemology, cosmology, ontology, philosophy
  3. (countable, uncountable) Doubt, uncertainty, or scepticism regarding the existence of a god or gods.
    • 1956, January 31ˢᵗ: Alan Alexander Milne; quoted in:
    • 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. 1988: James B. Simpson, Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, № 4,393 (Houghton Mifflin)
  4. (broadly, countable, uncountable) Doubt, uncertainty, or scepticism regarding any subject of dispute.

Forms

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Antonyms

antiagnosticism

Coordinates

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

Deriveds

antiagnosticism · agnostics · agnostically · agnostic

Relateds

agnosy · Gnosticism · ignosticism · ignostic · Gnostic · agnosia

Translations (47)

tr agnostisizm (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · scn agnusticìsimu (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · eu agnostizismo (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · el αγνωστικισμός (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · id agnostisisme (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · vi thuyết bất khả tri (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · ro agnosticism (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · cs agnosticismus (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · fi agnostismi (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · uk агностици́зм (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · ko 불가지론 (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · it agnosticismo (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · sh agnosticizam (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · eo agnostikismo (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · kk агностицизм (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · da agnostisisme (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · th อไญยนิยม (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · sh агностицизам (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · pt agnosticismo (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · bg агностици́зъм (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · cmn 不可知論 /不可知论 (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · ka აგნოსტიციზმი (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · he אגנוסטיות (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · nl agnosticisme (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · hy ագնոստիցիզմ (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · ms agnostisisme (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · nb agnostisisme (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · io agnostikismo (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · gd adhbharachas (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · la agnosticismus (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · pl agnostycyzm (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · yue 不可知論 /不可知论 (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · ar لَاأَدْرِيَّة (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · nn agnostisisme (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · bn অজ্ঞেয়বাদ (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · ky агностицизм (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · ru агностици́зм (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · sv agnosticism (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · ast agnosticismu (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · el αγνωσιαρχία (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · fr agnosticisme (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · ja 不可知論 (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · tr bilinemezcilik (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · es agnosticismo (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · ca agnosticisme (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · hi अज्ञेयवाद (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) · de Agnostizismus (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)