Definition of agnosticism Agnosticism

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We found 10 definitions of agnosticism from 6 different sources.

What does agnosticism mean?

Noun Plural: agnosticisms
agnosticism - the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge
		skepticism, scepticism
		unbelief, disbelief a rejection of belief
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"

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agnosticism (Noun)
The view that absolute truth or ultimate certainty is unattainable, especially regarding knowledge not based on experience or perceivable phenomena.
agnosticism (Noun)
The view that the existence of God or of all deities is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable.
agnosticism (Noun)
Doubt, uncertainty, or scepticism regarding the existence of a god or gods.

agnosticism (n.)
That doctrine which, professing ignorance, neither asserts nor denies.
agnosticism (n.)
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.

Agnosticism is the belief that it is not possible to prove if there is or isn't a god, or higher power in the universe. A person can be agnostic and believe in a god or not believe in a god.

This belief is different from atheism. Atheists believe that there is no god.

A person who believes in agnosticism is an agnostic.