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As an adjective, agnostic means of or relating to agnosticism or its adherents. As a noun, it means a person who holds to a form of agnosticism, especially uncertainty of the existence of a deity.
Meanings of agnostic
9 meaningsadjective
Of or relating to agnosticism or its adherents.
“His agnostic viewpoint is summarized in his book.”
Doubtful or uncertain about the existence or demonstrability of God or other deity.
“She left the church when she had become agnostic.”
informalHaving no firmly held opinions on something.
“I'm agnostic on whether ethanol is a green fuel.”
“He says he's agnostic concerning the Secretary's claims.”
computingUnaware or noncommittal regarding the specific nature of the components or input with which it interacts.
“The socket communications layer is agnostic with regard to its underlying transport mechanism—it is “transport-agnostic”.”
“The software's registration key is platform agnostic and will work on both x86 and ARM processors.”
Of or pertaining to an agnostic or agnosticism
Uncertain of all claims to knowledge
Similar: agnostical
noun
A person who holds to a form of agnosticism, especially uncertainty of the existence of a deity.
Someone who is doubtful or noncommittal about somethingperson
Similar: doubterA person who claims that they cannot have true knowledge about the existence of God (but does not deny that God might exist)person
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).