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agnostic

Syllabification: (ag·nos·tic)
Pronunciation: /agˈnästik/
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Definition of agnostic

noun

  • a person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God or of anything beyond material phenomena; a person who claims neither faith nor disbelief in God.

adjective

  • of or relating to agnostics or agnosticism.
  • (in a nonreligious context) having a doubtful or noncommittal attitude toward something:until now I’ve been fairly agnostic about electoral reform
  • [usually in combination] Computing denoting or relating to hardware or software that is compatible with many types of platforms or operating systems:many common file formats (JPEG, MP3, etc.) are platform-agnostic

Derivatives

agnosticism

Pronunciation: /-təˌsizəm/
noun

Origin:

mid 19th century: from a-1 'not' + gnostic

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