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A person who holds to a form of agnosticism, especially uncertainty of the existence of a deity.
* {{quote-magazine, date = 1876-06-01
, first = Leslie
, last = Stephen
, authorlink = Leslie Stephen
, title = An Agnostic's Apology
, magazine = The Forthnightly Review
, volume = 25/19
, issue = 114
, page = 840
, url = http://books.google.com/books?id=1WVIAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA840
, passage = The Agnostic is one who asserts—what no one denies—that there are limits to the sphere of human intelligence.
}}
* {{quote-magazine, date = 1953-11-03
, first = Bertrand
, last = Russell
, authorlink = Bertrand Russell
, title = What is an Agnostic?
, magazine = Look
, url = http://scepsis.ru/eng/articles/id_5.php
, passage = An agnostic thinks it impossible to know the truth in matters such as God and the future life with which Christianity and other religions are concerned.
}}
* {{quote-book, year = 1985
, title = Contact: a novel
, first = Carl
, last = Sagan
, authorlink = Carl Sagan
, publisher = Simon and Schuster
, location = New York
, isbn = 978-0671434007
, page = 175
, passage = When I say I'm an agnostic , I only mean that the evidence isn't in. There isn't compelling evidence that God exists — at least your kind of god — and there isn't compelling evidence that he doesn't.
}}
Of or relating to agnosticism or its adherents.
* {{quote-book, year = 1889
, title = Agnosticism
, first = Thomas Henry
, last = Huxley
, authorlink = Thomas Henry Huxley
, url = http://aleph0.clarku.edu/huxley/CE5/Agn.html
, passage = In matters of the intellect do not pretend that conclusions are certain which are not demonstrated or demonstrable. That I take to be the agnostic faith, which if a man keep whole and undefiled, he shall not be ashamed to look the universe in the face, whatever the future may have in store for him.
}}
Doubtful or uncertain about the existence or demonstrability of God or other deity.
(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
(usually with a prepositional phrase) Having no firmly held opinions on an issue or matter of uncertainty.
The twenty-fourth letter of the .
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As a noun agnostic
is a person who holds to a form of agnosticism, especially uncertainty of the existence of a deity.As an adjective agnostic
is of or relating to agnosticism or its adherents.As a letter x is
the twenty-fourth letter of the.As a symbol x is
voiceless velar fricative.agnostic
English
(wikipedia agnostic)Noun
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* deistAdjective
(en adjective)- His agnostic viewpoint is summarized in his book.
- She left the church when she became agnostic .
- The socket communications layer is agnostic''' with regard to its underlying transport mechanism -- it is “transport-'''agnostic ”.
- I'm agnostic on whether ethanol is a green fuel
- He says he's agnostic concerning the Secretary's claims.