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Date: 1800-1900
Language: Greek
Origin: agnostos 'unknown, unknowable', from a- 'not' + gnostos 'known'

agnostic

 noun
     
Related topics: Religion
ag‧nos‧tic [countable]
RR someone who believes that people cannot know whether God exists or not [↪ atheist]
—agnostic adjective
—agnosticism noun [uncountable]
WORD FOCUS: god WORD FOCUS: god
places where people worship God: church (Christians)
temple (Buddhists and Hindus)
mosque (Muslims)
synagogue (Jews)
treated with great respect because of being connected with God: holy, sacred
having strong beliefs in God: devout, pious
someone who does not believe in God : atheist
someone who is not sure if God exists: agnosticgod

➔ See also god
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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