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agnosticism

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noun/æɡˈnɒstɪsɪzəm//æɡˈnɑstɪsɪzəm/
  1. 1

    The view that absolute truth or ultimate certainty is unattainable, especially regarding knowledge not based on experience or perceivable phenomena.countableuncountable

  2. 2

    The view that the existence of God or of all deities is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable.countableuncountable

    • Holonyms: epistemology, cosmology, ontology, philosophy
  3. 3

    Doubt, uncertainty, or scepticism regarding the existence of a god or gods.countableuncountable

    • 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.
  4. 4

    Doubt, uncertainty, or scepticism regarding any subject of dispute.broadlycountableuncountable

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