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agnosticism

ag·nos·ti·cism

UK/æɡˈnɒstɪsɪzəm/ US/æɡˈnɑstɪsɪzəm/ uncommon

noun

1.

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”
2.

the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge

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Origin

Coined by Thomas Henry Huxley. From a- + gnostic + -ism (see also agnostic).

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