Agnostic



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 不可知论的 ( 人类不可知上帝是否存在)；n.不可知论者
• [英]adj.of,relating to ,or being an agnostic or the beliefs of agnostics;
• [同]diagnostic(adj.诊断的)；ignorance(n.无知)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Greek agnōstos unknown, unknowable, from a- + gnōstos known, from gignōskein to know — more at know
• Date: 1869
• 1. a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (as God) is unknown and probably unknowable; broadly one who is not committed to believing in either the existence or the nonexistence of God or a god
• 2. a person unwilling to commit to an opinion about something political agnostics
• • agnosticism noun

II. adjective

• Date: 1873
• 1. of, relating to, or being an agnostic or the beliefs of agnostics
• 2. noncommittal, undogmatic

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