Agnostic
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English
Pronunciation
Noun
Agnostic (plural Agnostics)- A person who holds to a form of agnosticism, especially uncertainty of the existence of a deity.
Adjective
Agnostic (comparative more Agnostic, superlative most Agnostic)
- Of or relating to agnosticism or its adherents.
- His agnostic viewpoint is summarized in his book.
- Doubtful or uncertain about the existence or demonstrability of God or other deity.
- She left the church when she became agnostic.
- (computing) A software component (or other entity) that is unaware or noncommittal regarding the specific nature of the components with which it interacts; polymorphic; modular; pluggable
- The socket communications layer is agnostic with regard to its underlying transport mechanism -- it is “transport-agnostic”.
- (usually with a prepositional phrase) Having no firmly held opinions on an issue or matter of uncertainty.
- I'm agnostic on whether ethanol is a green fuel
- He says he's agnostic concerning the Secretary's claims.
Thesaurus
Humean; Humist; Pyrrhonic; Pyrrhonist; ambiguous; capricious; chancy; changeable; dicey; distrustful; doubter; doubtful; doubting; doubting Thomas; dubious; dubitante; equivocal; erratic; fickle; from Missouri; hesitant; hesitating; in doubt; incalculable; incredulous; indecisive; indemonstrable; irresolute; leery; mistrustful; mistrusting; polysemous; questioning; scoffer; scrupulous; shy; skeptic; skeptical; suspecting; suspicious; touch-and-go; unaccountable; uncertain; unconfirmable; unconvinced; undivinable; unforeseeable; unpersuaded; unpredictable; unprovable; unsure; untrusting; unverifiable; variable; wary; wavering; whimsical
