Associations to the word «Agnosticism»

Wiktionary

AGNOSTICISM, noun. The view that absolute truth or ultimate certainty is unattainable, especially regarding knowledge not based on experience or perceivable phenomena.
AGNOSTICISM, noun. The view that the existence of God or of all deities is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable.
AGNOSTICISM, noun. Doubt, uncertainty, or scepticism regarding the existence of a god or gods.
AGNOSTICISM, noun. (by extension) Doubt, uncertainty, or scepticism regarding any subject of dispute.

Dictionary definition

AGNOSTICISM, noun. A religious orientation of doubt; a denial of ultimate knowledge of the existence of God; "agnosticism holds that you can neither prove nor disprove God's existence".
AGNOSTICISM, noun. The disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge.

Wise words

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