agnostic
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7.2
- noun
- /æɡˈnɑːstɪk/
:
agnóstico
- I myself am a staunch agnostic, fully believing that there is no way to know.
- atheist or agnostic
So, you know, for me, I started into all this as an agnostic and a skeptic.
- So, you know, for me, I started into all this as an agnostic and a skeptic.
- We're human, but the Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, agnostic or atheist?
- I believe I jokingly refer to myself as a New Testament agnostic because I can't know.
- You know, he would call himself an agnostic and he thought that there were subtle patterns.
- And he's like actually where I grew up, man, gated community, middle class Christians, Jews, Muslims, agnostic, all on my street.
- And what, and what is your, I mean, what if you had to give a very quick message to the, to the atheist or, or, or to the agnostic?
- And he says, you know, an atheist or agnostic might say to a theist, you still think there are spirits in the trees, nymphs in the streams, a God of the world.
Examples
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The agnostic, unlike the believer and the atheist, lacks the capacity for faith.
Academic text (2013) -
Like Rosemary, Chris considers herself an agnostic, though she shares no nostalgia for Catholic belief.
Academic text (2014) -
We are not a religious family; I was an agnostic for many years.
Blog text (3) -
You know, he would call himself an agnostic and he thought that there were subtle patterns.
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David, a lifelong agnostic, had always seemed to be hungry for something more meaningful in his life.
Fiction book (1999) -
As I began building my clientele in 1976, I was a confirmed agnostic in a very Christian suburban Chicago area.
Academic text (2008) -
The agnostic relies on knowledge, so for her or him, the existence of God seems unknown and unknowable.
Academic text (2013) -
And people would call themselves agnostics when they thought that it's just not relevant to my life or I just can't possibly know.
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David Rohl, author, historian and Egyptologist is an agnostic, someone who remains unconvinced of the existence of God.
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Many people identify as agnostic because they are unsure about the existence of God.
Synonyms
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4.1
A person who often doubts accepted ideas and asks for proof
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4.2
A person who does not believe something is true or is unsure about it
Antonyms
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3.2
A person who accepts something as true and often supports it, for example a religion or idea
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Etymology
Agnostic comes from the Greek parts a- 'not' and gnōsis 'knowledge'. As a noun, an agnostic is a person who 'does not know' or stays open about big questions, so the name shows they do not claim certain knowledge.