agnostics

Definition of agnosticsnext
plural of agnostic
as in skeptics
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 agnostics The military will now use 31 religious affiliations, down from more than 200, which included many small Protestant denominations as well as identifications for Wiccans, atheists and agnostics. Tiffany Stanley, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026 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
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skeptics
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  • But Mas assured skeptics that all would work out.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Companies like Runway see themselves as a bridge between the Silicon Valley hypesters and Hollywood skeptics, catering to filmmakers with tools and eschewing social applications like ByteDance’s Seesaw (The Brad Pitt-Tom Cruise fight people).
    Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 1 Apr. 2026

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“Agnostics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agnostics. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.

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