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adjective

Definition of agnosticnext
as in secular
not having or showing conviction about the existence of God As she grew older, she began to question the religious teachings of her youth and became more agnostic.

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noun

as in skeptic
a person who does not have a definite belief about whether God exists or not He was an agnostic despite his religious upbringing.

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Recent Examples of agnostic
Adjective
Modular gives Qualcomm a hardware-agnostic software story by design, which entirely reframes the company’s pitch. — Steve McDowell, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026 Other critics question whether religious stories should be taught at all in schools attended by thousands of children of Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu and other faiths, and others who identify as atheist or agnostic. — ABC News, 24 June 2026
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As agnostics, we are also intrigued by the return of certain humanitarian values to Catholicism under Pope Francis — the idea of the Church as a place for the outcast. — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 16 Aug. 2025 The exemplar of how controversy can turn sports agnostics into a captive audience is the ladies’ singles figure skating finals at the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 20 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for agnostic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for agnostic
  1. secular
  2. skeptic
  3. atheistic
  4. skeptical
Adjective
  • But McClintock—secular, skeptical, profoundly unorthodox—wasn’t seeking the holy.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 July 2026
  • The province’s right to implement Islamic law was granted by Indonesia’s secular central government around 2005 as part of a peace deal to end a separatist insurgency.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
Definition of secular
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  • Among rarer varieties, Tavkveri deserves attention — a pale red from Kartli with spice, blue fruit and low alcohol around 12%, the kind of wine that converts skeptics without announcing itself.
    — Michelle Williams, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • When the site went live in February 2011, skeptics weren’t hard to find.
    — The Editors, Robb Report, 27 June 2026
Definition of skeptic
Adjective
  • His father's death during World War II influenced his pursuit of the ministry even amid the officially atheistic communist regime of the Soviet Union, according to his obituary on the OCU website.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • But there has been a recent rise in secular congregations that explicitly mimic religious organizations and rituals to celebrate atheistic worldviews.
    — Jacqui Frost, The Conversation, 11 Jan. 2024
Definition of atheistic
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  • When Axsome went public in 2015, Wall Street was skeptical and the company’s stock puttered along under $10 for years.
    — Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Contrary to what the public has been led to believe, America’s Founding Fathers were skeptical and anxious about democracy.
    — Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 1 July 2026
Definition of skeptical

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