agnostic
Doubtful or uncertain about the existence or demonstrability of God or other deity.
Example
“She left the church when she had become agnostic.”
Other meanings
Of or relating to agnosticism or its adherents.
“His agnostic viewpoint is summarized in his book.”
Unaware or noncommittal regarding the specific nature of the components or input with which it interacts.
“The socket communications layer is agnostic with regard to its underlying transport mechanism—it is “transport-agnostic”.”
Related words
- agnostically
- agnosticize
- antiagnostic
- nonagnostic
- anti-agnostic
- language-agnostic
- location-agnostic
- vendor agnostic
- vendor-agnostic
Word history
From Ancient Greek "ἀ-" (not).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “agnostic” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.