n.
Pronunciation: ag- ' näs-tik, ə g-
Function: noun
Etymology: Greek agn ō stos unknown, unknowable, from a- + gn ō stos known, from gign ō skein to know ― more at KNOW
Date: 1869
1 : a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (as God) is unknown and prob. unknowable broadly : one who is not committed to believing in either the existence or the nonexistence of God or a god
2 : a person unwilling to commit to an opinion about something <political agnostic s >
– ag · nos · ti · cism \ -t ə - ˌ si-z ə m \ noun