agnosticism
The view that absolute truth or ultimate certainty is unattainable, especially…The view that absolute truth or ultimate certainty is unattainable, especially regarding knowledge not based on experience or perceivable phenomena.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)The view that absolute truth or ultimate certainty is unattainable, especially regarding knowledge not based on experience or perceivable phenomena.
(countable, uncountable)The view that the existence of God or of all deities is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable.
Holonyms: epistemology, cosmology, ontology, philosophy
Agnostizismus
агностици́змagnosticízm
агностици́змahnostycýzm
(countable, uncountable)Doubt, uncertainty, or scepticism regarding the existence of a god or gods.
1956, January 31ˢᵗ: Alan Alexander Milne; quoted in:
a religious orientation of doubt; a denial of ultimate knowledge of the existence of God
(broadly, countable, uncountable)Doubt, uncertainty, or scepticism regarding any subject of dispute.
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Origin
Coined by Thomas Henry Huxley. From a- + gnostic + -ism (see also agnostic).Coined by Thomas Henry Huxley. From a- + gnostic + -ism (see also agnostic).
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Forms
plural: agnosticisms| Singular | agnosticism |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge:skepticismscepticism
Antonyms
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