🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

अज्ञेयवाद

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ajñeyavād

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Agnosticism/æɡˈnɒs.tɪ.sɪ.zəm/
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"उसका अज्ञेयवाद उसे धार्मिक विश्वासों पर सवाल उठाने के लिए प्रेरित करता है।"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The belief that the existence of God or the divine is unknown or unknowable.

    "His agnosticism led him to explore various philosophical perspectives without committing to any particular faith."
  2. 2

    A philosophical position that refrains from making definitive claims about the existence of deities.

    "Agnosticism can be seen as a middle ground between theism and atheism."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'agnosticism' was coined in 1869 by the English biologist Thomas Huxley, derived from the Greek 'agnostos', meaning 'unknown' or 'unknowable'. It evolved to describe a philosophical position regarding the existence of God, emphasizing the limits of human knowledge.

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