Definition of agnostic in English:

agnostic

noun aɡˈnɒstɪkæɡˈnɑstɪk

A person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God.
不可知论者
Example sentencesExamples
- As it is, my thinking has been influenced by Catholics, Christians, Jews, Muslims, Neo-pagans, Baha'i, agnostics and atheists.
- Although many popular spokesmen for evolutionism are self-proclaimed atheists or agnostics, this certainly does not mean that all those who accept evolution in principle are atheists or agnostics.
- It is the cause of hundreds of millions of Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Jains, Budhists, Parsees, agnostics and atheists as well.
- That's true, but we have our regulation number of atheists and agnostics as well.
- In no nation did the proportion of the religiously affiliated who endorsed either an agnostic or atheist religious position exceed more than six percentage points.
- Some of us are believers, others are agnostics or atheists.
- Sagan himself routinely described himself as an agnostic, and believed that the question of God's existence is inherently outside science.
- And yet, they are agnostics, doubters and explorers.
- These lives also bespeak mystery, and make an honest person, agnostic or believing, think - and more than that, wonder.
- They may presumably be Christians belonging to other churches, or they may be Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, religious or secular humanists, agnostics or atheists.
- Of the four people in the sample that identified themselves as agnostics or atheists, three of them still regularly participated in the life of their congregations.
- Ruttledge is an agnostic who once apparently considered the priesthood.
- The agnostics and people who refuted the existence of God were considered equally respected as others.
- Casebolt offered 20 labels, including pagan, atheist and agnostic in his Midwestern survey.
- Although not all Skeptics are agnostics, as an agnostic himself Dr Groves sees no evidence for accepting or rejecting the idea of any belief.
- It is, in its religious dimension, one of the most vital elements that go to make up the identity of believers and their conception of life, but it is also a precious asset for atheists, agnostics, sceptics and the unconcerned.
- A considerable minority even consider themselves atheists or agnostics.
- Until I can do so I am not an atheist, but an agnostic.
- All individuals (believers, agnostics or atheists) will naturally have a mixture to varying degrees, and they will differ across cultures.
- It is certainly possible for a rational agnostic to be a highly moral and responsible person.
Synonyms
sceptic, doubter, questioner, doubting Thomas, challenger, scoffer, cynic
unbeliever, disbeliever, non-believer
rationalist
rare nullifidian

adjective aɡˈnɒstɪkæɡˈnɑstɪk

1Relating to agnostics or agnosticism.
（与）不可知论（有关）的
Example sentencesExamples
- I'm very happy for them to go to schools where they learn about lots of different religious faiths, they also learn about agnostic positions and people who have no faith at all.
- Many Dutch humanists have a postmodern inclination towards ‘small humanism’, and an agnostic stance rather than an atheistic one.
- Perhaps we should leave well enough alone with that agnostic comment.
- I'm quite agnostic about this free trade agreement.
- I've become very agnostic politically anyway, but it's based on a sheer lack of respect for the political classes.
- This rudeness came from both agnostic intellectuals and religious fundamentalists.
- Modern attempts to ascertain profit and loss from Britain's colonial empire have reached differing and often agnostic conclusions about empire's economic value to Britain itself.
- Are we doing it for agnostic reasons (not wanting to favor any particular advertiser), because it's better, or both?
- I'm writing, in a sense, from a kind of agnostic outsider's academic perspective rather than from an inside perspective.
- It has brought greater understanding and even some agreement among people of diverse backgrounds and concerns, ranging from agnostic seekers to people of traditional faith.
- Most religions and agnostic philosophies agree that individuals have the right to kill in self-defense when faced with immediate mortal danger.
- I'm quite agnostic about synchronicity unless it seems really powerfully relevant to me.
- So that wrestling is characteristic of my religious or agnostic poetry, but not necessarily everything else I do.
- We hear, too, what a Buddhist and an agnostic anthropologist make of it all.
- Milton is an agnostic science writer who, like Denton and others, was not coming at this issue from the standpoint of belief in the Bible.
- We are resolutely agnostic on that issue; as far as we can determine, the evidence does not yet justify an estimate.
- The effect of this body of thought was ‘imposing’ during Wharton's agnostic years.
- For a long time in my youth, I questioned, and it's not that I was convinced there is no God - I was more agnostic.
- Among these famous quotes, however, are also many skeptical and agnostic ones.
- But, for the sake of my own sanity and my place in society, I remain somewhat agnostic about it all.
Synonyms
sceptical, doubting, questioning, unsure, cynical, unbelieving, disbelieving, non-believing, faithless, irreligious
rationalist
rare nullifidian
1. 1.1 (in a non-religious context) having a doubtful or non-committal attitude towards something.
  （用于非宗教场合）怀疑的；态度不明朗的
  until now I've been fairly agnostic about electoral reform
  直到现在我对选举改革一直相当怀疑。
  Example sentencesExamples
  One may choose to be agnostic on this issue.
  This is the proposition that I hoped the government would deny, or at least remain agnostic about.
  That's a fairly basic issue to be agnostic about.
  Individual fish display agnostic behavior to show "protective territoriality".
  Alone, free from the fearful burden of the faithful, I felt myself slip back into my natural agnostic relationship with the world.
  Hence, we remain agnostic regarding phylogenetic relationships among basal angiosperm lineages.
  An effective discovery tool must be agnostic - able to collect data across a wide range of different platforms.
  Senator Obama also is open to government support for nuclear power while Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has said she is agnostic on the issue.
  I am agnostic about the cause of the crash.
  The law must be agnostic about the motivations of the parties to be effective.
  The heads of various presidential councils are not expected to be agnostic about the issues their council deals with.
  The manufacturers of the phone may care a little, although most seem fairly agnostic.
  Like de Valera, I am largely agnostic on the issue.
  He is said to be largely agnostic about football.
  NET, is a language agnostic runtime, currently being standardized by ECMA.
  No political system is agnostic on the question of who owns various resources.
  But on specific questions, like why we experience red, I'm agnostic.
  At any rate, wikipedia is agnostic about the weight of cows.
  I knew that I was agnostic about some things.
  ISPs are content agnostic, they do not care what data they are transferring.
2. 1.2Computing usually in combination Denoting or relating to hardware or software that is compatible with many types of platform or operating system.
  many common file formats (JPEG, MP3, etc.) are platform-agnostic
  our industry is moving towards a device-agnostic model
  Example sentencesExamples
  There are now simply so many threats to the safety of Net-users that we do need an agnostic, coordinated resource that is constantly "in the face" of the public at large.
  Much of the material is taught in a semi-tutorial style, remaining platform - and software-agnostic, but presented in a manner that lets you follow along whilst at your computer.
  We are agnostic with regard to hardware platforms and software components.
  Java was full of promise and platform-agnostic, an up-and-coming language back then.
  It's platform-agnostic, which makes it really valuable.
  These solutions are expected to offer an operating system-agnostic solution with no requirement for any host-based components.
  This ability to share across the divide means that solutions can be built that are agnostic.
  This eventuality makes vendor-agnostic frameworks an appealing option.
  In these days of heterogeneous computing, the ability to be OS-agnostic is becoming increasingly more important.
  Data must become format agnostic!
  Wireless security solutions should be technology-agnostic because they may have to operate in many different environments.
  Because virtualized storage is agnostic with respect to vendors and technology, IT administrators are given the freedom to choose the best solution for their organization.
  This option loads one of the language-specific but format-agnostic plugins.
  We wanted to look at a more agnostic tool because we're not likely to use EMC hardware everywhere.
  The Web, a universal medium built on device-agnostic standards, sped the embrace of the "write once, run anywhere" ethic.
  You should think carefully before adding code to otherwise language- and implementation-agnostic designs.
  You need only beware of phishing posts, which are, of course, platform-agnostic.
  An effective discovery tool must be agnostic.
  Clearly it would be easy to create a solid business case to spend an extra $5,000 in order to make that site more browser-agnostic.
  These recorders are also format-agnostic.

Derivatives

agnosticism

noun aɡˈnɒstɪsɪz(ə)mæɡˈnɑstəˌsɪzəm

She has explored various religions and ways of thought throughout her life, from Christianity to agnosticism and Taoism to animism and shamanism to Gnosticism, Hinduism and Buddhism.
Example sentencesExamples
- This would imply not only teaching the main religions, but also placing more emphasis on other thought systems that are not religious - like atheism and agnosticism.
- As I mentioned in my last offering, I do not view agnosticism as a halfway house between Atheism and theism.
- In this article, you will learn about Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and the belief systems agnosticism and atheism.
- The chapter ends with relatively short accounts of Christianity and Islam, and a concluding section on agnosticism, atheism and secularism.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from a-¹ 'not' + gnostic.

This word was actually invented by a specific person and then successfully entered the language. It was coined by the Victorian biologist Thomas Huxley (1825–95) to describe his own beliefs: he did not believe in God but did not think one could say for sure that God did not exist. Before Huxley devised agnostic there was no word for such a religious position. He is said to have first used it in 1869 at a party held in Clapham, London, prior to the formation of the Metaphysical Society. Huxley formed the word from the Greek a- ‘not’ and gnostos ‘known’.

Rhymes

acrostic, diagnostic, gnostic, prognostic

Definition of agnostic in US English:

agnostic

nounæɡˈnɑstɪkaɡˈnästik

A person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God or of anything beyond material phenomena; a person who claims neither faith nor disbelief in God.
Example sentencesExamples
- Until I can do so I am not an atheist, but an agnostic.
- Although many popular spokesmen for evolutionism are self-proclaimed atheists or agnostics, this certainly does not mean that all those who accept evolution in principle are atheists or agnostics.
- And yet, they are agnostics, doubters and explorers.
- Casebolt offered 20 labels, including pagan, atheist and agnostic in his Midwestern survey.
- In no nation did the proportion of the religiously affiliated who endorsed either an agnostic or atheist religious position exceed more than six percentage points.
- That's true, but we have our regulation number of atheists and agnostics as well.
- Ruttledge is an agnostic who once apparently considered the priesthood.
- They may presumably be Christians belonging to other churches, or they may be Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, religious or secular humanists, agnostics or atheists.
- Although not all Skeptics are agnostics, as an agnostic himself Dr Groves sees no evidence for accepting or rejecting the idea of any belief.
- Some of us are believers, others are agnostics or atheists.
- All individuals (believers, agnostics or atheists) will naturally have a mixture to varying degrees, and they will differ across cultures.
- These lives also bespeak mystery, and make an honest person, agnostic or believing, think - and more than that, wonder.
- A considerable minority even consider themselves atheists or agnostics.
- It is certainly possible for a rational agnostic to be a highly moral and responsible person.
- It is, in its religious dimension, one of the most vital elements that go to make up the identity of believers and their conception of life, but it is also a precious asset for atheists, agnostics, sceptics and the unconcerned.
- It is the cause of hundreds of millions of Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Jains, Budhists, Parsees, agnostics and atheists as well.
- Of the four people in the sample that identified themselves as agnostics or atheists, three of them still regularly participated in the life of their congregations.
- Sagan himself routinely described himself as an agnostic, and believed that the question of God's existence is inherently outside science.
- The agnostics and people who refuted the existence of God were considered equally respected as others.
- As it is, my thinking has been influenced by Catholics, Christians, Jews, Muslims, Neo-pagans, Baha'i, agnostics and atheists.
Synonyms
sceptic, doubter, questioner, doubting thomas, challenger, scoffer, cynic

adjectiveæɡˈnɑstɪkaɡˈnästik

1Relating to agnostics or agnosticism.
（与）不可知论（有关）的
Example sentencesExamples
- This rudeness came from both agnostic intellectuals and religious fundamentalists.
- I'm very happy for them to go to schools where they learn about lots of different religious faiths, they also learn about agnostic positions and people who have no faith at all.
- I've become very agnostic politically anyway, but it's based on a sheer lack of respect for the political classes.
- Modern attempts to ascertain profit and loss from Britain's colonial empire have reached differing and often agnostic conclusions about empire's economic value to Britain itself.
- But, for the sake of my own sanity and my place in society, I remain somewhat agnostic about it all.
- We hear, too, what a Buddhist and an agnostic anthropologist make of it all.
- Most religions and agnostic philosophies agree that individuals have the right to kill in self-defense when faced with immediate mortal danger.
- It has brought greater understanding and even some agreement among people of diverse backgrounds and concerns, ranging from agnostic seekers to people of traditional faith.
- Milton is an agnostic science writer who, like Denton and others, was not coming at this issue from the standpoint of belief in the Bible.
- I'm quite agnostic about synchronicity unless it seems really powerfully relevant to me.
- Perhaps we should leave well enough alone with that agnostic comment.
- So that wrestling is characteristic of my religious or agnostic poetry, but not necessarily everything else I do.
- Many Dutch humanists have a postmodern inclination towards ‘small humanism’, and an agnostic stance rather than an atheistic one.
- We are resolutely agnostic on that issue; as far as we can determine, the evidence does not yet justify an estimate.
- I'm writing, in a sense, from a kind of agnostic outsider's academic perspective rather than from an inside perspective.
- Among these famous quotes, however, are also many skeptical and agnostic ones.
- I'm quite agnostic about this free trade agreement.
- The effect of this body of thought was ‘imposing’ during Wharton's agnostic years.
- Are we doing it for agnostic reasons (not wanting to favor any particular advertiser), because it's better, or both?
- For a long time in my youth, I questioned, and it's not that I was convinced there is no God - I was more agnostic.
Synonyms
sceptical, doubting, questioning, unsure, cynical, unbelieving, disbelieving, non-believing, faithless, irreligious
1. 1.1 (in a nonreligious context) having a doubtful or noncommittal attitude towards something.
  （用于非宗教场合）怀疑的；态度不明朗的
  until now I've been fairly agnostic about electoral reform
  直到现在我对选举改革一直相当怀疑。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The heads of various presidential councils are not expected to be agnostic about the issues their council deals with.
  Alone, free from the fearful burden of the faithful, I felt myself slip back into my natural agnostic relationship with the world.
  But on specific questions, like why we experience red, I'm agnostic.
  One may choose to be agnostic on this issue.
  The law must be agnostic about the motivations of the parties to be effective.
  I knew that I was agnostic about some things.
  No political system is agnostic on the question of who owns various resources.
  Like de Valera, I am largely agnostic on the issue.
  An effective discovery tool must be agnostic - able to collect data across a wide range of different platforms.
  At any rate, wikipedia is agnostic about the weight of cows.
  Hence, we remain agnostic regarding phylogenetic relationships among basal angiosperm lineages.
  The manufacturers of the phone may care a little, although most seem fairly agnostic.
  NET, is a language agnostic runtime, currently being standardized by ECMA.
  ISPs are content agnostic, they do not care what data they are transferring.
  Senator Obama also is open to government support for nuclear power while Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has said she is agnostic on the issue.
  He is said to be largely agnostic about football.
  This is the proposition that I hoped the government would deny, or at least remain agnostic about.
  I am agnostic about the cause of the crash.
  Individual fish display agnostic behavior to show "protective territoriality".
  That's a fairly basic issue to be agnostic about.
2. 1.2Computing usually in combination Denoting or relating to hardware or software that is compatible with many types of platforms or operating systems.
  many common file formats (JPEG, MP3, etc.) are platform-agnostic
  Example sentencesExamples
  This ability to share across the divide means that solutions can be built that are agnostic.
  There are now simply so many threats to the safety of Net-users that we do need an agnostic, coordinated resource that is constantly "in the face" of the public at large.
  Java was full of promise and platform-agnostic, an up-and-coming language back then.
  Because virtualized storage is agnostic with respect to vendors and technology, IT administrators are given the freedom to choose the best solution for their organization.
  You need only beware of phishing posts, which are, of course, platform-agnostic.
  This eventuality makes vendor-agnostic frameworks an appealing option.
  Data must become format agnostic!
  This option loads one of the language-specific but format-agnostic plugins.
  These solutions are expected to offer an operating system-agnostic solution with no requirement for any host-based components.
  The Web, a universal medium built on device-agnostic standards, sped the embrace of the "write once, run anywhere" ethic.
  Clearly it would be easy to create a solid business case to spend an extra $5,000 in order to make that site more browser-agnostic.
  It's platform-agnostic, which makes it really valuable.
  An effective discovery tool must be agnostic.
  You should think carefully before adding code to otherwise language- and implementation-agnostic designs.
  Wireless security solutions should be technology-agnostic because they may have to operate in many different environments.
  Much of the material is taught in a semi-tutorial style, remaining platform - and software-agnostic, but presented in a manner that lets you follow along whilst at your computer.
  We wanted to look at a more agnostic tool because we're not likely to use EMC hardware everywhere.
  We are agnostic with regard to hardware platforms and software components.
  In these days of heterogeneous computing, the ability to be OS-agnostic is becoming increasingly more important.
  These recorders are also format-agnostic.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from a- ‘not’ + gnostic.

单词	agnostic
释义	Definition of agnostic in English: agnostic noun aɡˈnɒstɪkæɡˈnɑstɪk A person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God. 不可知论者 Example sentencesExamples As it is, my thinking has been influenced by Catholics, Christians, Jews, Muslims, Neo-pagans, Baha'i, agnostics and atheists. Although many popular spokesmen for evolutionism are self-proclaimed atheists or agnostics, this certainly does not mean that all those who accept evolution in principle are atheists or agnostics. It is the cause of hundreds of millions of Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Jains, Budhists, Parsees, agnostics and atheists as well. That's true, but we have our regulation number of atheists and agnostics as well. In no nation did the proportion of the religiously affiliated who endorsed either an agnostic or atheist religious position exceed more than six percentage points. Some of us are believers, others are agnostics or atheists. Sagan himself routinely described himself as an agnostic, and believed that the question of God's existence is inherently outside science. And yet, they are agnostics, doubters and explorers. These lives also bespeak mystery, and make an honest person, agnostic or believing, think - and more than that, wonder. They may presumably be Christians belonging to other churches, or they may be Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, religious or secular humanists, agnostics or atheists. Of the four people in the sample that identified themselves as agnostics or atheists, three of them still regularly participated in the life of their congregations. Ruttledge is an agnostic who once apparently considered the priesthood. The agnostics and people who refuted the existence of God were considered equally respected as others. Casebolt offered 20 labels, including pagan, atheist and agnostic in his Midwestern survey. Although not all Skeptics are agnostics, as an agnostic himself Dr Groves sees no evidence for accepting or rejecting the idea of any belief. It is, in its religious dimension, one of the most vital elements that go to make up the identity of believers and their conception of life, but it is also a precious asset for atheists, agnostics, sceptics and the unconcerned. A considerable minority even consider themselves atheists or agnostics. Until I can do so I am not an atheist, but an agnostic. All individuals (believers, agnostics or atheists) will naturally have a mixture to varying degrees, and they will differ across cultures. It is certainly possible for a rational agnostic to be a highly moral and responsible person. Synonyms sceptic, doubter, questioner, doubting Thomas, challenger, scoffer, cynic unbeliever, disbeliever, non-believer rationalist rare nullifidian adjective aɡˈnɒstɪkæɡˈnɑstɪk 1Relating to agnostics or agnosticism. （与）不可知论（有关）的 Example sentencesExamples I'm very happy for them to go to schools where they learn about lots of different religious faiths, they also learn about agnostic positions and people who have no faith at all. Many Dutch humanists have a postmodern inclination towards ‘small humanism’, and an agnostic stance rather than an atheistic one. Perhaps we should leave well enough alone with that agnostic comment. I'm quite agnostic about this free trade agreement. I've become very agnostic politically anyway, but it's based on a sheer lack of respect for the political classes. This rudeness came from both agnostic intellectuals and religious fundamentalists. Modern attempts to ascertain profit and loss from Britain's colonial empire have reached differing and often agnostic conclusions about empire's economic value to Britain itself. Are we doing it for agnostic reasons (not wanting to favor any particular advertiser), because it's better, or both? I'm writing, in a sense, from a kind of agnostic outsider's academic perspective rather than from an inside perspective. It has brought greater understanding and even some agreement among people of diverse backgrounds and concerns, ranging from agnostic seekers to people of traditional faith. Most religions and agnostic philosophies agree that individuals have the right to kill in self-defense when faced with immediate mortal danger. I'm quite agnostic about synchronicity unless it seems really powerfully relevant to me. So that wrestling is characteristic of my religious or agnostic poetry, but not necessarily everything else I do. We hear, too, what a Buddhist and an agnostic anthropologist make of it all. Milton is an agnostic science writer who, like Denton and others, was not coming at this issue from the standpoint of belief in the Bible. We are resolutely agnostic on that issue; as far as we can determine, the evidence does not yet justify an estimate. The effect of this body of thought was ‘imposing’ during Wharton's agnostic years. For a long time in my youth, I questioned, and it's not that I was convinced there is no God - I was more agnostic. Among these famous quotes, however, are also many skeptical and agnostic ones. But, for the sake of my own sanity and my place in society, I remain somewhat agnostic about it all. Synonyms sceptical, doubting, questioning, unsure, cynical, unbelieving, disbelieving, non-believing, faithless, irreligious rationalist rare nullifidian 1.1 (in a non-religious context) having a doubtful or non-committal attitude towards something. （用于非宗教场合）怀疑的；态度不明朗的 until now I've been fairly agnostic about electoral reform 直到现在我对选举改革一直相当怀疑。 Example sentencesExamples One may choose to be agnostic on this issue. This is the proposition that I hoped the government would deny, or at least remain agnostic about. That's a fairly basic issue to be agnostic about. Individual fish display agnostic behavior to show "protective territoriality". Alone, free from the fearful burden of the faithful, I felt myself slip back into my natural agnostic relationship with the world. Hence, we remain agnostic regarding phylogenetic relationships among basal angiosperm lineages. An effective discovery tool must be agnostic - able to collect data across a wide range of different platforms. Senator Obama also is open to government support for nuclear power while Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has said she is agnostic on the issue. I am agnostic about the cause of the crash. The law must be agnostic about the motivations of the parties to be effective. The heads of various presidential councils are not expected to be agnostic about the issues their council deals with. The manufacturers of the phone may care a little, although most seem fairly agnostic. Like de Valera, I am largely agnostic on the issue. He is said to be largely agnostic about football. NET, is a language agnostic runtime, currently being standardized by ECMA. No political system is agnostic on the question of who owns various resources. But on specific questions, like why we experience red, I'm agnostic. At any rate, wikipedia is agnostic about the weight of cows. I knew that I was agnostic about some things. ISPs are content agnostic, they do not care what data they are transferring. 1.2Computing usually in combination Denoting or relating to hardware or software that is compatible with many types of platform or operating system. many common file formats (JPEG, MP3, etc.) are platform-agnostic our industry is moving towards a device-agnostic model Example sentencesExamples There are now simply so many threats to the safety of Net-users that we do need an agnostic, coordinated resource that is constantly "in the face" of the public at large. Much of the material is taught in a semi-tutorial style, remaining platform - and software-agnostic, but presented in a manner that lets you follow along whilst at your computer. We are agnostic with regard to hardware platforms and software components. Java was full of promise and platform-agnostic, an up-and-coming language back then. It's platform-agnostic, which makes it really valuable. These solutions are expected to offer an operating system-agnostic solution with no requirement for any host-based components. This ability to share across the divide means that solutions can be built that are agnostic. This eventuality makes vendor-agnostic frameworks an appealing option. In these days of heterogeneous computing, the ability to be OS-agnostic is becoming increasingly more important. Data must become format agnostic! Wireless security solutions should be technology-agnostic because they may have to operate in many different environments. Because virtualized storage is agnostic with respect to vendors and technology, IT administrators are given the freedom to choose the best solution for their organization. This option loads one of the language-specific but format-agnostic plugins. We wanted to look at a more agnostic tool because we're not likely to use EMC hardware everywhere. The Web, a universal medium built on device-agnostic standards, sped the embrace of the "write once, run anywhere" ethic. You should think carefully before adding code to otherwise language- and implementation-agnostic designs. You need only beware of phishing posts, which are, of course, platform-agnostic. An effective discovery tool must be agnostic. Clearly it would be easy to create a solid business case to spend an extra $5,000 in order to make that site more browser-agnostic. These recorders are also format-agnostic. Derivatives agnosticism noun aɡˈnɒstɪsɪz(ə)mæɡˈnɑstəˌsɪzəm She has explored various religions and ways of thought throughout her life, from Christianity to agnosticism and Taoism to animism and shamanism to Gnosticism, Hinduism and Buddhism. Example sentencesExamples This would imply not only teaching the main religions, but also placing more emphasis on other thought systems that are not religious - like atheism and agnosticism. As I mentioned in my last offering, I do not view agnosticism as a halfway house between Atheism and theism. In this article, you will learn about Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and the belief systems agnosticism and atheism. The chapter ends with relatively short accounts of Christianity and Islam, and a concluding section on agnosticism, atheism and secularism. Origin Mid 19th century: from a-¹ 'not' + gnostic. This word was actually invented by a specific person and then successfully entered the language. It was coined by the Victorian biologist Thomas Huxley (1825–95) to describe his own beliefs: he did not believe in God but did not think one could say for sure that God did not exist. Before Huxley devised agnostic there was no word for such a religious position. He is said to have first used it in 1869 at a party held in Clapham, London, prior to the formation of the Metaphysical Society. Huxley formed the word from the Greek a- ‘not’ and gnostos ‘known’. Rhymes acrostic, diagnostic, gnostic, prognostic Definition of agnostic in US English: agnostic nounæɡˈnɑstɪkaɡˈnästik A person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God or of anything beyond material phenomena; a person who claims neither faith nor disbelief in God. Example sentencesExamples Until I can do so I am not an atheist, but an agnostic. Although many popular spokesmen for evolutionism are self-proclaimed atheists or agnostics, this certainly does not mean that all those who accept evolution in principle are atheists or agnostics. And yet, they are agnostics, doubters and explorers. Casebolt offered 20 labels, including pagan, atheist and agnostic in his Midwestern survey. In no nation did the proportion of the religiously affiliated who endorsed either an agnostic or atheist religious position exceed more than six percentage points. That's true, but we have our regulation number of atheists and agnostics as well. Ruttledge is an agnostic who once apparently considered the priesthood. They may presumably be Christians belonging to other churches, or they may be Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, religious or secular humanists, agnostics or atheists. Although not all Skeptics are agnostics, as an agnostic himself Dr Groves sees no evidence for accepting or rejecting the idea of any belief. Some of us are believers, others are agnostics or atheists. All individuals (believers, agnostics or atheists) will naturally have a mixture to varying degrees, and they will differ across cultures. These lives also bespeak mystery, and make an honest person, agnostic or believing, think - and more than that, wonder. A considerable minority even consider themselves atheists or agnostics. It is certainly possible for a rational agnostic to be a highly moral and responsible person. It is, in its religious dimension, one of the most vital elements that go to make up the identity of believers and their conception of life, but it is also a precious asset for atheists, agnostics, sceptics and the unconcerned. It is the cause of hundreds of millions of Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Jains, Budhists, Parsees, agnostics and atheists as well. Of the four people in the sample that identified themselves as agnostics or atheists, three of them still regularly participated in the life of their congregations. Sagan himself routinely described himself as an agnostic, and believed that the question of God's existence is inherently outside science. The agnostics and people who refuted the existence of God were considered equally respected as others. As it is, my thinking has been influenced by Catholics, Christians, Jews, Muslims, Neo-pagans, Baha'i, agnostics and atheists. Synonyms sceptic, doubter, questioner, doubting thomas, challenger, scoffer, cynic adjectiveæɡˈnɑstɪkaɡˈnästik 1Relating to agnostics or agnosticism. （与）不可知论（有关）的 Example sentencesExamples This rudeness came from both agnostic intellectuals and religious fundamentalists. I'm very happy for them to go to schools where they learn about lots of different religious faiths, they also learn about agnostic positions and people who have no faith at all. I've become very agnostic politically anyway, but it's based on a sheer lack of respect for the political classes. Modern attempts to ascertain profit and loss from Britain's colonial empire have reached differing and often agnostic conclusions about empire's economic value to Britain itself. But, for the sake of my own sanity and my place in society, I remain somewhat agnostic about it all. We hear, too, what a Buddhist and an agnostic anthropologist make of it all. Most religions and agnostic philosophies agree that individuals have the right to kill in self-defense when faced with immediate mortal danger. It has brought greater understanding and even some agreement among people of diverse backgrounds and concerns, ranging from agnostic seekers to people of traditional faith. Milton is an agnostic science writer who, like Denton and others, was not coming at this issue from the standpoint of belief in the Bible. I'm quite agnostic about synchronicity unless it seems really powerfully relevant to me. Perhaps we should leave well enough alone with that agnostic comment. So that wrestling is characteristic of my religious or agnostic poetry, but not necessarily everything else I do. Many Dutch humanists have a postmodern inclination towards ‘small humanism’, and an agnostic stance rather than an atheistic one. We are resolutely agnostic on that issue; as far as we can determine, the evidence does not yet justify an estimate. I'm writing, in a sense, from a kind of agnostic outsider's academic perspective rather than from an inside perspective. Among these famous quotes, however, are also many skeptical and agnostic ones. I'm quite agnostic about this free trade agreement. The effect of this body of thought was ‘imposing’ during Wharton's agnostic years. Are we doing it for agnostic reasons (not wanting to favor any particular advertiser), because it's better, or both? For a long time in my youth, I questioned, and it's not that I was convinced there is no God - I was more agnostic. Synonyms sceptical, doubting, questioning, unsure, cynical, unbelieving, disbelieving, non-believing, faithless, irreligious 1.1 (in a nonreligious context) having a doubtful or noncommittal attitude towards something. （用于非宗教场合）怀疑的；态度不明朗的 until now I've been fairly agnostic about electoral reform 直到现在我对选举改革一直相当怀疑。 Example sentencesExamples The heads of various presidential councils are not expected to be agnostic about the issues their council deals with. Alone, free from the fearful burden of the faithful, I felt myself slip back into my natural agnostic relationship with the world. But on specific questions, like why we experience red, I'm agnostic. One may choose to be agnostic on this issue. The law must be agnostic about the motivations of the parties to be effective. I knew that I was agnostic about some things. No political system is agnostic on the question of who owns various resources. Like de Valera, I am largely agnostic on the issue. An effective discovery tool must be agnostic - able to collect data across a wide range of different platforms. At any rate, wikipedia is agnostic about the weight of cows. Hence, we remain agnostic regarding phylogenetic relationships among basal angiosperm lineages. The manufacturers of the phone may care a little, although most seem fairly agnostic. NET, is a language agnostic runtime, currently being standardized by ECMA. ISPs are content agnostic, they do not care what data they are transferring. Senator Obama also is open to government support for nuclear power while Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has said she is agnostic on the issue. He is said to be largely agnostic about football. This is the proposition that I hoped the government would deny, or at least remain agnostic about. I am agnostic about the cause of the crash. Individual fish display agnostic behavior to show "protective territoriality". That's a fairly basic issue to be agnostic about. 1.2Computing usually in combination Denoting or relating to hardware or software that is compatible with many types of platforms or operating systems. many common file formats (JPEG, MP3, etc.) are platform-agnostic Example sentencesExamples This ability to share across the divide means that solutions can be built that are agnostic. There are now simply so many threats to the safety of Net-users that we do need an agnostic, coordinated resource that is constantly "in the face" of the public at large. Java was full of promise and platform-agnostic, an up-and-coming language back then. Because virtualized storage is agnostic with respect to vendors and technology, IT administrators are given the freedom to choose the best solution for their organization. You need only beware of phishing posts, which are, of course, platform-agnostic. This eventuality makes vendor-agnostic frameworks an appealing option. Data must become format agnostic! This option loads one of the language-specific but format-agnostic plugins. These solutions are expected to offer an operating system-agnostic solution with no requirement for any host-based components. The Web, a universal medium built on device-agnostic standards, sped the embrace of the "write once, run anywhere" ethic. Clearly it would be easy to create a solid business case to spend an extra $5,000 in order to make that site more browser-agnostic. It's platform-agnostic, which makes it really valuable. An effective discovery tool must be agnostic. You should think carefully before adding code to otherwise language- and implementation-agnostic designs. Wireless security solutions should be technology-agnostic because they may have to operate in many different environments. Much of the material is taught in a semi-tutorial style, remaining platform - and software-agnostic, but presented in a manner that lets you follow along whilst at your computer. We wanted to look at a more agnostic tool because we're not likely to use EMC hardware everywhere. We are agnostic with regard to hardware platforms and software components. In these days of heterogeneous computing, the ability to be OS-agnostic is becoming increasingly more important. These recorders are also format-agnostic. Origin Mid 19th century: from a- ‘not’ + gnostic.
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