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agnostic

Pronunciation: /agˈnɒstɪk/

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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.

adjective

  • relating to agnostics or agnosticism.
  • (in a non-religious context) having a doubtful or non-committal attitude towards 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 platform or operating system:many common file formats (JPEG, MP3, etc.) are platform-agnostic

Derivatives

agnosticism

Pronunciation: /-sɪz(ə)m/

noun

Origin:

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

agnostic in other Oxford dictionaries

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