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Antonyms for agnosticism
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : ag-nos-tuh-siz-uh m |
Phonetic Transcription : ægˈnɒs təˌsɪz əm |
Definition of agnosticism
Origin :- 1870, from agnostic + -ism.
- The agnostic does not simply say, "I do not know." He goes another step, and he says, with great emphasis, that you do not know. [Robert G. Ingersoll, "Reply to Dr. Lyman Abbott," 1890]
- As in nihilism : noun refusal to believe
- As in skepticism : noun doubt
- As in doubt : noun lack of faith, conviction; questioning
- As in heresy : noun unorthodox opinion, especially in religious matters
- But whether it be faith or agnosticism, it must be nothing external to me.
- Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
- Sensibility had overcome his agnosticism, and he had forgotten that it was possible to doubt.
- Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 » by Various
- Will agnosticism let you be absolutely sure his statements are true?
- Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 » by Various
- He said that Agnosticism and all that kind of thing was bad form.
- Extract from : « The Dop Doctor » by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
- The alternatives of the intellectual life are Christianity or Agnosticism.
- Extract from : « Natural Law in the Spiritual World » by Henry Drummond
- Agnosticism is but a cautious idealism—a timid phenomenalism.
- Extract from : « Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge » by Alexander Philip
- The primary difficulty in dealing with Agnosticism is its elusive character.
- Extract from : « Theism or Atheism » by Chapman Cohen
- Agnosticism, he says, is a method the essence of which may be expressed in a single principle.
- Extract from : « Theism or Atheism » by Chapman Cohen
- My agnosticism was bitter in those days, bitter and polemic.
- Extract from : « A Tramp's Notebook » by Morley Roberts
- Did Shakspere, then, derive this agnosticism from Montaigne?
- Extract from : « Montaigne and Shakspere » by John M. Robertson
Synonyms for agnosticism
- abnegation
- agnosticism
- ambiguity
- anarchy
- apostasy
- apprehension
- atheism
- blasphemy
- confusion
- defection
- demurral
- denial
- difficulty
- diffidence
- dilemma
- disbelief
- discredit
- disorder
- disquiet
- dissent
- dissidence
- distrust
- divergence
- dubiety
- dubiousness
- error
- faithlessness
- fallacy
- faltering
- fear
- hesitancy
- hesitation
- heterodoxy
- iconoclasm
- impiety
- incertitude
- incredulity
- indecision
- infidelity
- irresolution
- lack of confidence
- lawlessness
- leeriness
- misbelief
- misgiving
- mistrust
- mob rule
- nonbelief
- nonconformism
- nonconformity
- paganism
- perplexity
- problem
- qualm
- quandary
- questioning
- rejection
- reluctance
- renunciation
- repudiation
- revisionism
- schism
- scruple
- sectarianism
- secularism
- sin
- skepticism
- suspense
- suspicion
- terrorism
- uncertainty
- vacillation
- wavering
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