agnostic
UK/aɡˈnɒstɪk//æɡˈnɑstɪk/
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agnostic adjective: doubtful or uncertain about the existence or demonstrability of God or other deity.
Adjective
agnostic (comparative more agnostic, superlative most agnostic)
- Doubtful or uncertain about the existence or demonstrability of God or other deity.
- She left the church when she had become agnostic.
- Having no firmly held opinions on something.
- I'm agnostic on whether ethanol is a green fuel.
- He says he's agnostic concerning the Secretary's claims.
- Of or relating to agnosticism or its adherents.
- His agnostic viewpoint is summarized in his book.
- In matters of the intellect do not pretend that conclusions are certain which are not demonstrated or demonstrable. That I take to be the agnostic faith, which if a man keep whole and undefiled, he shall not be ashamed to look the universe in the face, whatever the future may have in store for him.1889, Thomas Henry Huxley, Agnosticism
- Unaware or noncommittal regarding the specific nature of the components or input with which it interacts.
- The socket communications layer is agnostic with regard to its underlying transport mechanism—it is “transport-agnostic”.
- The software's registration key is platform agnostic and will work on both x86 and ARM processors.
Noun
agnostic (plural agnostics)
- A person who holds to a form of agnosticism, especially uncertainty of the existence of a deity.
- The Agnostic is one who asserts—what no one denies—that there are limits to the sphere of human intelligence.1876 June 1, Leslie Stephen, “An Agnostic's Apology”, in The Forthnightly Review, volume 25/19, number 114, page 840
- An agnostic thinks it impossible to know the truth in matters such as God and the future life with which Christianity and other religions are concerned.1953 November 3, Bertrand Russell, “What is an Agnostic?”, in Look
agnostic meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
agnostic in Hindi
- of or relating to agnosticism
- अज्ञेयवादी ajñeyvādī
agnostic in Urdu
- لا ادری
agnostic in Bengali
- of or relating to agnosticism
- অজ্ঞেয়বাদী ojneẏbadi
- one who holds to a form of agnosticism.
- অজ্ঞেয়বাদ ojneẏobad
agnostic in Malayalam
- അവിശ്വാസി, സംശയാലു, ആജ്ഞേയവാദി
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- agnostic in Kannada
- ನಂಬಲೊಲ್ಲದ
- agnostic in Arabic
- لَاأَدْرِيّ lā-ʔadriyy
- agnostic in Indonesian
- agnostik, orang agnostik
Examples of agnostic in a sentence
- Did you hear the one about the agnostic dyslexic insomniac?
- The agnostic is open towards atheism and metaphysics. The anti-agnostic selects only one option: either atheism or metaphysics, and is not agnostic about that!
- The agnostic is open towards atheism and metaphysics. The antiagnostic selects only one option: either atheism or metaphysics, and is not agnostic about that!
Forms of agnostic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more agnostic |
| superlative | most agnostic |
| Noun | |
| plural | agnostics |
Origin of agnostic
Coined by Thomas Henry Huxley in 1870. Either from Ancient Greek ἄγνωστος (ágnōstos, “ignorant, not knowing”), or from a- + Gnostic, deriving (either way) from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “I know”).
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Questions about agnostic
- What does agnostic mean?
- Agnostic means doubtful or uncertain about the existence or demonstrability of God or other deity.
- What is agnostic in Hindi?
- Agnostic in Hindi is अज्ञेयवादी (ajñeyvādī). See Agnostic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is agnostic?
- Agnostic can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce agnostic?
- Agnostic is pronounced /aɡˈnɒstɪk/ (UK).
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Adapted from Wiktionary: agnostic (page history and authors); agnostic (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); agnostic (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); agnostic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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