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agnostic definition

ag·nos·tic (ag näs′tik)

noun

a person who believes that the human mind cannot know whether there is a God or an ultimate cause, or anything beyond material phenomena

Etymology: coined (1870) by Thomas Henry Huxley < a- + gnostic

adjective

of or characteristic of an agnostic or agnosticism

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