as in secular
not having or showing conviction about the existence of God
As she grew older, she began to question the religious teachings of her youth and became more agnostic.
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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
Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
The company has internal competitions with LLM-agnostic tools as well.
—James Manso, Footwear News, 26 May 2026
Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 16 Aug. 2025
But that subgenre is far from the only religiously tinged music — created by everyone from devout evangelicals to open agnostics, from country artists to rappers — climbing the charts today; a number of pop songs are likewise courting the divine.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 8 July 2025
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Adjective
What’s more, the event is age-agnostic by design.
—Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
The company has internal competitions with LLM-agnostic tools as well.
—James Manso, Footwear News, 26 May 2026
Noun
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
But that subgenre is far from the only religiously tinged music — created by everyone from devout evangelicals to open agnostics, from country artists to rappers — climbing the charts today; a number of pop songs are likewise courting the divine.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for agnostic
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The docudrama drew large crowds in France last year despite criticism from some secular and Catholic sources.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 June 2026
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Moreover, Christian humanists believe the sacred-secular divide that many Christians embrace is not just artificial but profoundly misguided.—
Peter Wehner,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
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On the other hand, the person in charge here is Elon Musk, who has frequently defied skeptics and delivered the close to impossible.—
Vineer Bhansali,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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David discusses the predicament that Vance finds himself in as the administration’s most vocal Iran War skeptic.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
17 June 2026
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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
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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
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During the Cold War, a nuclear-armed, NATO-skeptical France developed its own philosophy for war in the air.—
Joseph Ataman,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
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Though Musk anticipates widespread automation in the next decade or two, economists are skeptical about how pervasive and fast these labor and policy shifts will be.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
12 June 2026
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“Agnostic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agnostic. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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