| 单词 | agnostic |
| 释义 | agnostic (once / 3760 pages) nadj If someone believes they cannot know whether or not God exists, label them an agnostic. A bad joke: Did you hear about the dyslexic agnostic insomniac? He stayed up all night wondering if there was a dog. In 1869, English biologist T.H. Huxley coined this noun referring to someone whose religious beliefs lie somewhere in between those of a theist and an atheist — that is, a believer and a disbeliever in God. Huxley combined the Greek prefix a-, meaning "not," with gnostos, "known." It can be used as a noun or adjective, and it can also refer to uncertainty about questions other than the existence of God: "Some philosophers remain agnostic as to whether people have free will." WORD FAMILYagnostic: agnostical, agnostically, agnosticism, agnostics+/agnosticism: agnosticisms USAGE EXAMPLESAs for the inspirational-teacher films such as Good Will Hunting and Dead Poets Society, again I am agnostic. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) Before working on the film, he was “pantheist, agnostic, occasionally atheist and a little bit Jewish, but mostly confused”. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) Marissen identifies himself as an agnostic, but adds that in the vicinity of Bach’s music he will never be a “comfortable agnostic.” The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) 1n a person who claims that they cannot have true knowledge about the existence of God (but does not deny that God might exist) Hyper religious person a person who manifests devotion to a deity 2n someone who is doubtful or noncommittal about something Syn|Hyper doubter individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being 3adj of or pertaining to an agnostic or agnosticism 4adj uncertain of all claims to knowledge Syn|Ant agnostical nescient, unbelieving holding that only material phenomena can be known and knowledge of spiritual matters or ultimate causes is impossible gnostic possessing intellectual or esoteric knowledge of spiritual things |
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