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 exemplar of how controversy can turn sports agnostics into a captive audience is the ladies’ singles figure skating finals at the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for agnostics
skeptics
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Some skeptics worry about creating an alternate reality for residents.—
Jessica Mekles,
FOXNews.com,
16 Mar. 2026
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Though the sketch’s first target was the constellation of poorly qualified skeptics who now direct much of American health-care policy, its real bite lay in showing how reliant these contrarians are on the tropes of mainstream culture, not to mention the medical system itself.—
Michael Tedder,
The Atlantic,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Agnostics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agnostics. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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