agnosticism

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The view that absolute truth or ultimate certainty is unattainable, especially regarding knowledge not based on experience or perceivable phenomena.
2. (countable, uncountable) The view that the existence of God or of all deities is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable.
3. (countable, uncountable) Doubt, uncertainty, or scepticism regarding the existence of a god or gods.
4. (broadly, countable, uncountable) Doubt, uncertainty, or scepticism regarding any subject of dispute.

Opposite of

antiagnosticism

Synonyms

scepticism

skepticism

atheism

doubt

denial of God

Translations

agnosticismo

agnosticisme

agnosticismo

Agnostizismus

agnosticismo

αγνωστικισμός

agnosticisme

agnosticisme

agnostisizm

bilinemezcilik

Unerkennbarkeit

scepticisme

Pronounced as (IPA)

/æɡˈnɒstɪsɪzəm/

Etymology

Coined by Thomas Henry Huxley. From a- + gnostic + -ism (see also agnostic).