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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ag•nos•tic /ægˈnɑstɪk/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Religion, Philosophya person who believes that no one can know for certain about the existence of God.
adj. - Philosophyof or relating to agnostics.
ag•nos•ti•cism /ægˈnɑstəˌsɪzəm/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]See -gnos-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ag•nos•tic (ag nos′tik),USA pronunciation n. - Philosophya person who holds that the existence of the ultimate cause, as God, and the essential nature of things are unknown and unknowable, or that human knowledge is limited to experience.
- Philosophya person who denies or doubts the possibility of ultimate knowledge in some area of study.
adj. - Philosophyof or pertaining to agnostics or agnosticism.
- Philosophyasserting the uncertainty of all claims to knowledge.
- Greek ágnōst(os), variant of ágnōtos not known, incapable of being known (a- a-6 + gnōtós known, adjective, adjectival derivative from base of gignó̄skein to know) + -ic, after gnostic; said to have been coined by T.H. Huxley in 1869
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See atheist.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: agnostic /æɡˈnɒstɪk/ n - a person who holds that knowledge of a Supreme Being, ultimate cause, etc, is impossible
Compare atheist, theist - a person who claims, with respect to any particular question, that the answer cannot be known with certainty
adj - of or relating to agnostics
Etymology: 19th Century: coined 1869 by T. H. Huxley from a-1 + gnosticagˈnosticism n |