agnosticism

Meanings

Plural: agnosticisms

Noun

• 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"
• the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge
• The view that absolute truth or ultimate certainty is unattainable, especially regarding knowledge not based on experience or perceivable phenomena.
• The view that the existence of God or of all deities is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable.
• Doubt, uncertainty, or scepticism regarding the existence of a god or gods.
• Doubt, uncertainty, or scepticism regarding any subject of dispute.

Synonyms

scepticism, skepticism

Antonyms

antiagnosticism

Related Words

agnosia, agnosy, Gnostic, Gnosticism, ignostic, ignosticism