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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

불가지론

Pronunciation / Transliteration: bulgajiron

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Agnosticism/æɡˈnɒs.tɪ.sɪ.zəm/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그의 불가지론은 그가 종교적 신념에 의문을 제기하게 만들었다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

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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