HomeDictionaryMeaningsAgnosticAgnosticmeaningăg-nŏstĭkFilters (0)Wordsform:agnosticsSeewordoriginFrequency:Agnosticmeansapersonwhoviewstheexistenceofultimatetruthasunknowable,particularlywhenitcomestotheexistenceofGod.CharlesDarwinisanexampleofafamousagnostic.noun63Doubtfulornoncommittal.adjective40Thedefinitionofagnosticisbelievingthatultimatetruth,particularlyintermsoftheexistenceofGod,isunknowable.CharlesDarwinisanexampleofanagnosticperson.adjective41Onewhoisdoubtfulornoncommittalaboutsomething.noun30Relatingtoorbeinganagnostic.adjective30AdvertisementApersonwhobelievesthatthehumanmindcannotknowwhetherthereisaGodoranultimatecause,oranythingbeyondmaterialphenomena.noun32Apersonwhoholdstoaformofagnosticism,especiallyuncertaintyoftheexistenceofadeity.noun20Operableorfunctioningusinganyoperatingsystemorotherdigitaltechnology.Oftenusedincombination.Softwarethatisplatformagnostic.adjective21Oforcharacteristicofanagnosticoragnosticism.adjective10Oforrelatingtoagnosticismoritsadherents.Hisagnosticviewpointissummarizedinhisbook.adjective10AdvertisementDoubtfuloruncertainabouttheexistenceordemonstrabilityofGodorotherdeity.Sheleftthechurchwhenshebecameagnostic.adjective10(computing)Asoftwarecomponent(otherentity)thatisunawareornoncommittalregardingthespecificnatureofthecomponentswithwhichitinteracts;polymorphic;modular;pluggable.Thesocketcommunicationslayerisagnosticwithregardtoitsunderlyingtransportmechanism--itis“transport-agnostic”.adjective00(usuallywithaprepositionalphrase)Havingnofirmlyheldopinionsonanissueormatterofuncertainty.I'magnosticonwhetherethanolisagreenfuel.Hesayshe'sagnosticconcerningtheSecretary'sclaims.adjective00Notcommittedtoaparticularview,concept,method,etc.;neutral.Agnosticonnuclearenergy.adjective01a–GnosticFromAmericanHeritageDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage,5thEditionFirstattestedin1870;coinedbyThomasHuxley.EitherfromAncientGreekἄγνωστος(agnōstos,“ignorant,notknowing”)orfroma-+Gnostic.Deriving(eitherway)fromAncientGreekἀ-(a-,“not”)+γιγνώσκω(gignōs