Definitions for agnostic

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agnostic ag·nos·tic

Spelling: [ag-nos-tik]

IPA: /ægˈnɒs tɪk/

Agnostic is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 434 anagrams from letters in agnostic (acginost).

Definitions for agnostic

noun

1. a 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. Synonyms: disbeliever, nonbeliever, unbeliever; doubter, skeptic, secularist, empiricist; heathen, heretic, infidel, pagan.
2. a person who denies or doubts the possibility of ultimate knowledge in some area of study.
3. a person who holds neither of two opposing positions on a topic:

adjective

1. of or relating to agnostics or their doctrines, attitudes, or beliefs.
2. asserting the uncertainty of all claims to knowledge.
3. not taking a stand on something, especially not holding either of two usually strongly opposed positions (often used in combination):
4. (especially of digital technology) not limited or dedicated to a particular device, system, etc. (often used in combination):

Origin of agnostic

Greek ágnōst(os), variant of ágnōtos not known, incapable of being known (a- a-⁶ + gnōtós known, adj. derivative from base of gignṓskein to know) + Examples for agnostic

Street savvy but compassionate, mystical but agnostic and above all, brilliantly idiosyncratic, Fly is a rambling poet of sorts.

In the sense which would have made belief a solace and relief, I was agnostic.

For the record, I believe in God but am an agnostic about therapy.

In general, MBAs are agnostic about how cost cutting can be achieved.

She is agnostic and a firm supporter for gay rights and birth control.

He may remain a Monist, and nothing more; in which case he is an agnostic.

According to Pew, close to two-thirds of those who identify as atheist or agnostic are men.

But we are human souls, after all; and no one is an agnostic for the fun of it.

I saw, too, that from a certain point of view the stand of the agnostic is a right one.

His wife could not help the sudden thought, "But if we had had an infidel or agnostic son?"