agnosticaladj.

Brit.

/aɡˈnɒstᵻkl/,

/əɡˈnɒstᵻkl/, U.S.

/æɡˈnɑstᵻkəl/,

/əɡˈnɑstᵻkəl/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ἄγνωστος , -ical suffix.

Etymology: < ancient Greek ἄγνωστος unknown, unknowable, unknowing (see agnostic n.) + -ical suffix. Compare agnostic n., agnostic adj. Compare also earlier gnostical adj.

= agnostic adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > atheism > [adjective]

ortrowOE

unbelievedc1200

unbelieffulc1380

untrowfulc1380

mislevefula1382

mistrowablea1382

mistrowfula1382

mistrowinga1382

unfaithfulc1384

faithlessa1400

unbelievinga1400

untrothfula1400

misbelieffula1425

out of beliefa1425

untraistfulc1480

untruthfulc1480

godless1528

irreligious1561

incredulous1578

atheistical1588

athean1611

atheal1612

atheous1612

beliefless1612

nullifidian1661

atheist1667

unreligious1814

nihilistic1848

know-nothing1862

nescient1863

non-theistic1863

agnostical?a1870

agnostic1870

non-theist1913

no-God1923

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > scepticism > agnosticism > [adjective]

nescient1863

agnostical?a1870

agnostic1884

?a1870 A. Howard in Evangelical Mag. & Missionary Chron. (1880) June 362 Some preachers..who allow worldly, self-indulgent, agnostical Christians to retire with the smirk of self-satisfaction undisturbed.

1877 D. Masson Recent Brit. Philos. (ed. 3) 287 Strangely enough, to this special Anti-Agnostical cluster there has attached itself, though but by posthumous declaration,..the yet shining spirit of Mr. John Stuart Mill.

1884 Punch 20 Sept. 135 The Agnostical or Nothingarian creed.

1886 Sat. Rev. 25 Dec. 849 Our Agnostical friend passed to the paradise of Mahomet.

1907 Daily Chron. 23 Mar. 6/4 Anthropomorphism is the most agnostical and atheistical habit of thought.

1934 A. C. Ewing Idealism vii. 316 The objections against independent physical things are mainly agnostical, i.e. they mostly claim to prove not that these cannot exist but that we cannot show their existence to be at least probable.

1997 L. McMurtry Comanche Moon (1998) v. 53 My cousin Willy was of an agnostical bent,..I don't think he believed in heaven.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	agnostical
释义	agnosticaladj. Brit. /aɡˈnɒstᵻkl/, /əɡˈnɒstᵻkl/, U.S. /æɡˈnɑstᵻkəl/, /əɡˈnɑstᵻkəl/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ἄγνωστος , -ical suffix. Etymology: < ancient Greek ἄγνωστος unknown, unknowable, unknowing (see agnostic n.) + -ical suffix. Compare agnostic n., agnostic adj. Compare also earlier gnostical adj. = agnostic adj. 1. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > atheism > [adjective] ortrowOE unbelievedc1200 unbelieffulc1380 untrowfulc1380 mislevefula1382 mistrowablea1382 mistrowfula1382 mistrowinga1382 unfaithfulc1384 faithlessa1400 unbelievinga1400 untrothfula1400 misbelieffula1425 out of beliefa1425 untraistfulc1480 untruthfulc1480 godless1528 irreligious1561 incredulous1578 atheistical1588 athean1611 atheal1612 atheous1612 beliefless1612 nullifidian1661 atheist1667 unreligious1814 nihilistic1848 know-nothing1862 nescient1863 non-theistic1863 agnostical?a1870 agnostic1870 non-theist1913 no-God1923 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > scepticism > agnosticism > [adjective] nescient1863 agnostical?a1870 agnostic1884 ?a1870 A. Howard in Evangelical Mag. & Missionary Chron. (1880) June 362 Some preachers..who allow worldly, self-indulgent, agnostical Christians to retire with the smirk of self-satisfaction undisturbed. 1877 D. Masson Recent Brit. Philos. (ed. 3) 287 Strangely enough, to this special Anti-Agnostical cluster there has attached itself, though but by posthumous declaration,..the yet shining spirit of Mr. John Stuart Mill. 1884 Punch 20 Sept. 135 The Agnostical or Nothingarian creed. 1886 Sat. Rev. 25 Dec. 849 Our Agnostical friend passed to the paradise of Mahomet. 1907 Daily Chron. 23 Mar. 6/4 Anthropomorphism is the most agnostical and atheistical habit of thought. 1934 A. C. Ewing Idealism vii. 316 The objections against independent physical things are mainly agnostical, i.e. they mostly claim to prove not that these cannot exist but that we cannot show their existence to be at least probable. 1997 L. McMurtry Comanche Moon (1998) v. 53 My cousin Willy was of an agnostical bent,..I don't think he believed in heaven. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.?a1870
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