agnosticism

English

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Etymology

a- + gnostic + -ism

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /æɡˈnɒstɪsɪzəm/
• (GenAm) IPA: /æɡˈnɑstɪsɪzəm/

Noun

agnosticism (uncountable)

1. The view that absolute truth or ultimate certainty is unattainable, especially regarding knowledge not based on experience or perceivable phenomena.
2. The view that the existence of God or of all deities is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable.
3. Doubt, uncertainty, or scepticism regarding the existence of a god or gods.
   • 1956, January 31^st: Alan Alexander Milne; quoted in:
   • 1988: James B. Simpson, Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, № 4,393 (Houghton Mifflin, ISBN 0395430852)

     The Old Testament is responsible for more atheism, agnosticism, disbelief — call it what you will — than any book ever written; it has emptied more churches than all the counterattractions of cinema, motor bicycle and golf course.

Derived terms

agnostic

agnostically

agnostics

Related terms

apatheism atheism

Gnostic Gnosticism

ignostic ignosticism

theism

Translations

view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable

• Arabic: لاأدرية (ar) (laa'adriyya) f
• Armenian: ագնոստիցիզմ (hy) (agnostic’izm) 
• Asturian: agnosticismu (ast) m
• Catalan: agnosticisme (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不可知論 (cmn), 不可知论 (cmn) (bùkězhīlùn)

• Czech: agnosticismus (cs) m
• Finnish: agnostismi (fi)
• French: agnosticisme (fr) m
• German: Agnostizismus (de) m
• Greek: αγνωστικισμός (el) (agnostikismós) m , αγνωσιαρχία (el) (agnosiarchía) f 
• Hebrew: אגנוסטיות (he) (agnustyut)
• Italian: agnosticismo (it) m

• Japanese: 不可知論 (ja) (fukachiron)
• Korean: 불가지론 (ko) (bulgajiron) (不可知論 (ko))
• Polish: agnostycyzm (pl) m
• Portuguese: agnosticismo (pt) m
• Romanian: agnosticism (ro)
• Russian: агностицизм (ru) (agnosticízm) m 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: агностицизам (sh) m

  Roman: agnosticizam (sh) m

• Spanish: agnosticismo (es) m
• Swedish: agnosticism (sv)
• Turkish: agnostisizm (tr), bilinemezcilik (tr)

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of philosophical isms

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Romanian

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Noun

agnosticism n

1. agnosticism

Declension

    declension of agnosticism

gender n	uncountable
Nominative/Accusative (Unarticulated)	agnosticism
Nominative/Accusative (Definite articulation)	agnosticismul
Genitive/Dative (Definite articulation)	agnosticismului

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Swedish

Wikipedia ^sv

Pronunciation

• IPA: /agnɔstɪsˈɪsm/

Noun

agnosticism c

1. agnosticism

Declension

Declension of agnosticism

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	agnosticism	agnosticismen	agnosticismer	agnosticismerna
genitive	agnosticisms	agnosticismens	agnosticismers	agnosticismernas