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Definition of "agnosticism" []

  • The doctrine that certainty about first principles or absolute truth is unattainable and that only perceptual phenomena are objects of exact knowledge. (noun)
  • The belief that there can be no proof either that God exists or that God does not exist. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "agnosticism" in a sentence
  • "Coined by T.H. Huxley, the term agnosticism means "no knowledge" and thus contends one is unable to know anything about God"
  • "(I still think agnosticism is legitimate doctrine, although Dawkins railed against agnostics in the book)."
  • "Packet-agnosticism is a bad idea (which is why different levels of packet-inspection exist at all.)"