agnosticism

n. 不可知论

发音

UK /æɡˈnɒstɪsɪzəm/
其它
US /æɡˈnɑstɪsɪzəm/

词形变化

agnosticisms 复数 agnosticisms

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The view that absolute truth or ultimate certainty is unattainable, especially regarding knowledge not based on experience or perceivable phenomena.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    The view that the existence of God or of all deities is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable.

    不可知论

    可数 不可数

    Holonyms: epistemology, cosmology, ontology, philosophy

  3. 3.

    Doubt, uncertainty, or scepticism regarding the existence of a god or gods.

    可数 不可数

    1956, January 31ˢᵗ: 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. 4.

    Doubt, uncertainty, or scepticism regarding any subject of dispute.

    可数 不可数 引申义

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

skepticism scepticism

上位词 2

disbelief unbelief

词源

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

来源：wiktionary