agnosticismo

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English agnosticism. By surface analysis, agnostico (“agnostic”) +‎ -ismo (“-ism”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɲ.ɲos.tiˈt͡ʃiz.mo/
• Rhymes: -izmo
• Hyphenation: a‧gno‧sti‧cì‧smo

Noun

agnosticismo m (plural agnosticismi)

1. agnosticism

Portuguese

Etymology

From agnóstico +‎ -ismo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɡi.nos.t͡ʃiˈsiz.mu/, /aɡ.nos.t͡ʃiˈsiz.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɡi.nos.t͡ʃiˈsiz.mu/, /aɡ.nos.t͡ʃiˈsiz.mu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.ɡi.noʃ.t͡ʃiˈsiʒ.mu/, /aɡ.noʃ.t͡ʃiˈsiʒ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aɡ.nos.t͡ʃiˈsiz.mo/, /a.ɡi.nos.t͡ʃiˈsiz.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɡnɔʃ.tiˈsiʒ.mu/ [ɐ.ɣnɔʃ.tiˈsiʒ.mu]

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): [aɡˌnostiˈsismu]

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Hyphenation: ag‧nos‧ti‧cis‧mo

Noun

agnosticismo m (uncountable)

1. agnosticism (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

   Antonym: gnosticismo

Related terms

• agnóstico

Further reading

• “agnosticismo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “agnosticismo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From agnóstico +‎ -ismo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡnostiˈθismo/ [aɣ̞.nos.t̪iˈθiz.mo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /aɡnostiˈsismo/ [aɣ̞.nos.t̪iˈsiz.mo] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: ag‧nos‧ti‧cis‧mo

Noun

agnosticismo m (plural agnosticismos)

1. agnosticism (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)

Further reading

• “agnosticismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025