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View synonyms for agnosticism
agnosticism
[ ag-nos-tuh-siz-uhm ]
noun
- the belief that the answers to the basic questions of existence, such as the nature of the ultimate cause and whether or not there is a supreme being, are unknown or unknowable.
- an intellectual doctrine or attitude affirming the uncertainty of all claims to ultimate knowledge.
- an attitude or view that does not conform to either of two opposing positions on a topic.
agnosticism
- A denial of knowledge about whether there is or is not a God. An agnostic insists that it is impossible to prove that there is no God and impossible to prove that there is one. ( Compare atheism .)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of agnosticism1
First recorded in 1870–75; agnostic ( def ) + -ism ( def )
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