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1. (n.) agnosticism
the doctrine or belief of an agnostic.
Etymology: (1870–75)
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| Definition of 'agnosticism' |
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1. (noun) agnosticism
a religious orientation of doubt; a denial of ultimate knowledge of the existence of God
"agnosticism holds that you can neither prove nor disprove God's existence"
2. (noun) agnosticism, skepticism, scepticism
the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge
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| Definition of 'agnosticism' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) agnosticism
that doctrine which, professing ignorance, neither asserts nor denies
2. (noun) agnosticism
the doctrine that the existence of a personal Deity, an unseen world, etc., can be neither proved nor disproved, because of the necessary limits of the human mind (as sometimes charged upon Hamilton and Mansel), or because of the insufficiency of the evidence furnished by physical and physical data, to warrant a positive conclusion (as taught by the school of Herbert Spencer); -- opposed alike dogmatic skepticism and to dogmatic theism
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. agnosticism
the doctrine which disclaims all knowledge of the supersensuous, or denies that we know or can know the absolute, the infinite, or God.
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