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agnosticism Definition

ag·nos·ti·cism (-ti siz′əm)

noun

the doctrine of agnostics

agnosticism Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • think: For myself, I think utter agnosticism is the most rational of starts.

Adjective modifier

  • certain: This suggests that there should be a certain agnosticism or humility in our thinking about ante-natal life.
  • reverent: There is at the very heart of Christianity what you can only call a deep and reverent agnosticism.
  • scientific: Nature's Chronicle was one of the many books in which Professor Ainslie Gray had enforced the negative doctrines of scientific agnosticism.
agnosticism Quotes

   I do not consider it an insult but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sureöthat is all that agnosticism means.

—Darrow, Clarence Seward

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