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agnostic
[ ag-nos-tik ]
noun
- a person who holds that the answers to the basic questions of existence, such as the nature of the ultimate cause and whether or not there is a supreme being, are unknown or unknowable.
Synonyms: , , , , , , , , , ,
- a person who denies or doubts the possibility of ultimate knowledge in some area of study.
- a person who holds neither of two opposing positions on a topic:
Socrates was an agnostic on the subject of immortality.
adjective
- of or relating to agnostics or their doctrines, attitudes, or beliefs.
- asserting the uncertainty of all claims to knowledge.
- not taking a stand on something, especially not holding either of two usually strongly opposed positions (often used in combination):
He's known to take an agnostic view of technological progress.
The governor's fuel-agnostic energy policies were highly controversial.
- (especially of digital technology) not limited or dedicated to a particular device, system, etc. (often used in combination):
platform agnostic software.
Derived Forms
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of agnostic1
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Synonym Study
Example Sentences
As Bugcrowd founder Casey Ellis explains, while hacking is a "morally agnostic skill set", bug hunters do have to operate within the law.
Among modern-day atheists, agnostics and deists alike, stories often emerge of late-arriving regrets, both over a dying person's treatment of others and their treatment of themselves.
The government's current strategy, known as Contest, is "ideologically agnostic".
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The duel between the agnostic Darrow and the biblical literalist William Jennings Bryan inspired the play 鈥淚nherit the Wind.鈥
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