Definitions of agnosticism
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a religious orientation of doubt; a denial of ultimate knowledge of the existence of God“agnosticism holds that you can neither prove nor disprove God's existence”type of:religious orientationan attitude toward religion or religious practices
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the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledgesynonyms: scepticism, skepticism
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