Agnosticism

Quick meaning: Agnosticism is a noun meaning The view that the existence of God or of all deities is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable.

Meaning

The view that the existence of God or of all deities is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable.

More Meanings

1. Doubt, uncertainty, or scepticism regarding the existence of a god or gods.
2. (by extension) Doubt, uncertainty, or scepticism regarding any subject of dispute.
3. The view that absolute truth or ultimate certainty is unattainable, especially regarding knowledge not based on experience or perceivable phenomena.

Example Sentences

1956, January 31ˢᵗ: Alan Alexander Milne; quoted in:

Holonyms: epistemology, cosmology, ontology, philosophy

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.

Word Forms

• agnosticisms

Synonyms for agnosticism

Depending on context, synonyms include skepticism, scepticism.

Antonyms for agnosticism

Common opposites include antiagnosticism.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include scepticism, skepticism, absoluteness, acatalepsy, indubitability, absolutism.

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