different between agnostic vs gnosis

English

Etymology

Coined by Thomas Henry Huxley in 1870. Either from Ancient Greek ???????? (ágn?stos, “ignorant, not knowing”). Or from a- +? Gnostic, deriving (either way) from Ancient Greek ?- (a-, “not”) + ???????? (gign?sk?, “I know”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /a??n?st?k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /æ??n?st?k/
• Rhymes: -?st?k

Adjective

agnostic (comparative more agnostic, superlative most agnostic)

1. Of or relating to agnosticism or its adherents.

2. Doubtful or uncertain about the existence or demonstrability of God or other deity.

3. (computing) Of a software component etc.: unaware or noncommittal regarding the specific nature of the components or input with which it interacts.

4. (usually with a prepositional phrase) Having no firmly held opinions on an issue or matter of uncertainty.

Hyponyms

• view agnostic (computing)

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Translations

Noun

agnostic (plural agnostics)

1. A person who holds to a form of agnosticism, especially uncertainty of the existence of a deity.

Coordinate terms

• deist

Translations

See also

• atheist
• sceptic (Mainly UK & Commonwealth), skeptic (Mainly US)
• Appendix:Glossary of philosophical isms

References

• Agnosticism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Costigan, angio-CTs, coasting, coatings, cotingas, scoating

Romanian

Etymology

From French agnostique

Noun

agnostic m (plural agnostici)

1. agnostic

Declension

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (gnôsis, “knowledge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n??.s?s/

Noun

gnosis (countable and uncountable, plural gnoses)

1. (Gnosticism) an immanent form of knowledge or transcendent insight, such as sought by the Gnostics
2. act or process of knowing
3. (occult) an altered state of awareness in which the will is magically effective

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Translations

Finnish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (gnôsis, “knowledge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??no(?)sis/, [??no?(?)s?is?]

Noun

gnosis

1. gnosis

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (gnôsis, “knowledge”).

Noun

gnosis m (definite singular gnosisen, uncountable)

1. (Gnosticism) gnosis

   Synonym: gnose

Derived terms

References

• “gnosis” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (gnôsis, “knowledge”).

Noun

gnosis n (definite singular gnosiset, uncountable)

1. (Gnosticism) gnosis

   Synonym: gnose

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (gnôsis, “knowledge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nosis/, [?no.sis]
• Rhymes: -osis
• Hyphenation: gno?sis

Noun

gnosis f (plural gnosis)

1. (Gnosticism) gnosis

Related terms

• gnóstico
• gnosticismo

Further reading

• “gnosis” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.