agnostic
If someone believes they cannot know whether or not God exists, that person is an agnostic. Your grandmother might be a devout believer, while your mom is agnostic.
In 1869, English biologist T.H. Huxley coined this noun referring to someone whose religious beliefs lie somewhere in between those of a theist and an atheist — that is, a believer and a disbeliever. Huxley combined the Greek prefix a-, meaning “not,” with gnostos, “known.” This word can be used as a noun or adjective, and it can also refer to uncertainty about questions other than the existence of God: “Some philosophers remain agnostic as to whether people have free will.”
a person who claims that they cannot have true knowledge about the existence of God (but does not deny that God might exist)
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type of:
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religious persona person who manifests devotion to a deity
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religious person
someone who is doubtful or noncommittal about something
of or pertaining to an agnostic or agnosticism
uncertain of all claims to knowledge
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synonyms:
agnostical-
nescient, unbelievingholding that only material phenomena can be known and knowledge of spiritual matters or ultimate causes is impossible
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Antonyms:
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gnosticpossessing intellectual or esoteric knowledge of spiritual things
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nescient, unbelieving