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noun

as in skeptic
a person who does not have a definite belief about whether God exists or not He was an agnostic despite his religious upbringing.

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Recent Examples of agnostic
Adjective
On the sales floor, the platform uses sensor-agnostic technology, which includes overhead or handheld RFID readers that can locate specific SKUs to within 3 to 5 feet. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026 The Runway desk has an agnostic look—something that thankfully suits your ever-evolving design tastes. — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 27 Aug. 2026
Noun
The exemplar of how controversy can turn sports agnostics into a captive audience is the ladies’ singles figure skating finals at the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 20 Feb. 2026 As agnostics, we are also intrigued by the return of certain humanitarian values to Catholicism under Pope Francis — the idea of the Church as a place for the outcast. — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 16 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for agnostic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for agnostic
Adjective
  • France, a secular nation where the separation of church and state is enshrined in a 1905 law, has witnessed a steady decline in affiliation to the Catholic Church during the post-war era.
    — Joshua McElwee, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
  • But statistics and experts caution that the uptick, which has also been recorded in secular Spain, doesn’t counteract the overall downward trend.
    — Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Choi described two personality types, skeptics and frozen, that the group is targeting.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
  • What companies have described as their AI agents going rogue has involved bots working toward goals set by humans, skeptics note.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • His father's death during World War II influenced his pursuit of the ministry even amid the officially atheistic communist regime of the Soviet Union, according to his obituary on the OCU website.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • But there has been a recent rise in secular congregations that explicitly mimic religious organizations and rituals to celebrate atheistic worldviews.
    — Jacqui Frost, The Conversation, 11 Jan. 2024
Adjective
  • The pledge from Walmart comes as concerns are mounting from some shoppers, consumer advocates and lawmakers skeptical about the rollout of digital price labels by the discounter and other stores.
    — Anne D’Innocenzio, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Gary Marcus, a cognitive scientist known for his research on the intersection of psychology and AI, is also skeptical that AI agents could paralyze the internet.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026

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“Agnostic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agnostic. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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