Main Entry:

¹ag·nos·tic

Pronunciation:

\ag-ˈnäs-tik, əg-\

Function:

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 god2: a person unwilling to commit to an opinion about something <political agnostics>

— ag·nos·ti·cism \-tə-ˌsi-zəm\ noun