AGNOSTIC;
ἄγνοια : IGNORANCE

Illustrations of English words
derived from the Greek in the New Testament.

By Gaylon West.



(In English) 1870, "one who professes that the existence of a First Cause and the essential nature of things are not and cannot be known" [Klein]; coined by T.H. Huxley (1825-1895), supposedly in September 1869, from Greek agnostos "unknown, unknowable," from a- "not" + gnostos "(to be) known" (see gnostic). Sometimes said to be a reference to Paul's mention of the altar to "the Unknown God," but according to Huxley it was coined with reference to the early Church movement known as Gnosticism (see Gnostic).
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Thayer Definition:
1) lack of knowledge, ignorance 1a) especially of divine things 1b) of moral blindness
Part of Speech: noun feminine
A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: from G50