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agnosticism

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English

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Etymology

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Coined byThomas Henry Huxley. Froma- +‎gnostic +‎-ism (see alsoagnostic).

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Noun

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agnosticism (countable anduncountable,pluralagnosticisms)

  1. The view that absolutetruth or ultimatecertainty is unattainable, especially regardingknowledge not based onexperience or perceivablephenomena.
  2. The view that theexistence ofGod or of alldeities isunknown,unknowable,unproven, orunprovable.
    Antonym:antiagnosticism
    Holonyms:epistemology,cosmology,ontology,philosophy
    Coordinate terms:theism,religion,seekinds of religion,theology;atheism,irreligion,irreligiousness;antireligion,antireligiousness,antitheism,transtheism;ignosticism,igtheism;apatheism;eutheism,dystheism;empiricism,science,research
  3. Doubt,uncertainty, orscepticism regarding the existence of a god or gods.
    • 1956,January 31st:Alan Alexander Milne; quoted in:
    • 1988: James B. Simpson,Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations,№ 4,393 (Houghton Mifflin,→ISBN
      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. (by extension)Doubt,uncertainty, orscepticism regarding any subject of dispute.
    • 2009, B. Pontin, “Climate changeagnosticism - its meaning and implications”, inEnvironmental Law and Management[1], volume21, number 2,→ISSN, archived fromthe original on16 November 2018, pages55–57:

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view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchagnosticisme. Equivalent toagnostic +‎-ism.

Noun

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agnosticism n (uncountable)

  1. agnosticism

Declension

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Declension ofagnosticism
singular onlyindefinitedefinite
nominative-accusativeagnosticismagnosticismul
genitive-dativeagnosticismagnosticismului
vocativeagnosticismule

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agnosticism c

  1. agnosticism

Declension

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Declension ofagnosticism
nominativegenitive
singularindefiniteagnosticismagnosticisms
definiteagnosticismenagnosticismens
pluralindefinite
definite

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