TopDefinitionsSynonymsQuizzesRelatedContentExamplesBritishagnostic[ag-nos-tik]SHOWIPA/ægˈnɒstɪk/PHONETICRESPELLINGNewWordListWordListSaveThisWord!SeesynonymsforagnosticonThesaurus.comnounapersonwhoholdsthattheexistenceoftheultimatecause,asGod,andtheessentialnatureofthingsareunknownandunknowable,orthathumanknowledgeislimitedtoexperience.apersonwhodeniesordoubtsthepossibilityofultimateknowledgeinsomeareaofstudy.apersonwhoholdsneitheroftwoopposingpositionsonatopic:Socrateswasanagnosticonthesubjectofimmortality.adjectiveoforrelatingtoagnosticsortheirdoctrines,attitudes,orbeliefs.assertingtheuncertaintyofallclaimstoknowledge.nottakingastandonsomething,especiallynotholdingeitheroftwousuallystronglyopposedpositions(oftenusedincombination):totakeanagnosticviewoftechnologicalprogress;fuelagnosticenergypolicies.(especiallyofdigitaltechnology)notlimitedordedicatedtoaparticulardevice,system,etc.(oftenusedincombination):platformagnosticsoftware.SEEMORESEELESSOTHERWORDSFORagnostic1disbeliever,nonbeliever,unbeliever;doubter,skeptic,secularism,empiricism;heathen,heretic,infidel,pagan.SeesynonymsforagnosticonThesaurus.comVIDEOFORAGNOSTICIs"Agnostic"OnlyAboutReligion?Cantheword"agnostic"beusedoutsideofreligion?Whatotherthingsareconsidered"agnostic"?MOREVIDEOSFROMDICTIONARY.COMQUIZSPRINTTOTHEFINISHWITHTHISOLYMPICSQUIZ!CompeteinourOlympicsquiztoseeifyoucantakehomethegoldmedalinOlympicsknowledge.Question1of10WherewastheOlympicsfirstheld?ancientRomeancientGreeceancientPersiaTAKETHEQUIZTOFINDOUTMeetGrammarCoachImproveYourWritingMeetGrammarCoachImproveYourWritingOriginofagnosticFromGreekágnōst(os),variantofágnōtos“notknown,incapableofbeingknown”(a-“not,without”+gnōtós“known,”adjectivederivativefrombaseofgignṓskein“toknow”)+-ic,aftergnostic;coinedbyT.H.Huxleyin1869;seea-6synonymstudyforagnosticAgnostic,atheist,infidel,skepticrefertopersonsnotinclinedtowardreligiousbelieforaparticularformofreligiousbelief.AnagnosticisonewhobelievesitimpossibletoknowanythingaboutGodoraboutthecreationoftheuniv