different between gnostic vs agnosticism

English

Adjective

gnostic

1. Alternative letter-case form of Gnostic
2. (archaic, slang) knowing; wise; shrewd

Noun

gnostic (plural gnostics)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Gnostic

Translations

Anagrams

• cognits, contigs, costing, scoting

Romanian

Etymology

From French gnostique, from Ancient Greek ????????? (gn?stikós, “relating to knowledge”), from ??????? (gn?stós, “known”), from ???????? (gign?sk?, “I know”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nos.tik/

Adjective

gnostic m or n (feminine singular gnostic?, masculine plural gnostici, feminine and neuter plural gnostice)

1. Gnostic; of or pertaining to Gnosticism

Declension

Noun

gnostic m (plural gnostici, feminine equivalent gnostic?)

1. a Gnostic; an adherent of Gnosticism

Declension

See also

• gnosticism

English

Etymology

Coined by Thomas Henry Huxley. From a- +? gnostic +? -ism (see also agnostic).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /æ??n?st?s?z?m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /æ??n?st?s?z?m/

Noun

agnosticism (countable and uncountable, plural agnosticisms)

1. The view that absolute truth or ultimate certainty is unattainable, especially regarding knowledge not based on experience or perceivable phenomena.
2. The view that the existence of God or of all deities is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable.
3. Doubt, uncertainty, or scepticism regarding the existence of a god or gods.
   • 1956, January 31^st: Alan Alexander Milne; quoted in:
   • 1988: James B. Simpson, Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, ? 4,393 (Houghton Mifflin, ?ISBN

     The Old Testament is responsible for more atheism, agnosticism, disbelief?—?call it what you will?—?than any book ever written; it has emptied more churches than all the counterattractions of cinema, motor bicycle and golf course.

4. (by extension) Doubt, uncertainty, or scepticism regarding any subject of dispute.

Coordinate terms

• deism

Derived terms

• agnostic
• agnostically
• agnostics

Related terms

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of philosophical isms

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French agnosticisme.

Noun

agnosticism n (uncountable)

1. agnosticism

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?n?st?s??sm/

Noun

agnosticism c

1. agnosticism

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