Ignostic vs. Agnostic
Ignostic vs. Agnostic
Test how “Ignostic” and “Agnostic” look in your own writing.
Ignostic
Term AOne who holds to ignosticism.
Of or relating to ignostics.
Of or relating to ignosticism.
Agnostic
Term BOf or relating to agnosticism or its adherents.
Example: ‘His agnostic viewpoint is summarized in his book.’;
Doubtful or uncertain about the existence or demonstrability of God or other deity.
Example: ‘She left the church when she became agnostic.’;
(computing) Of a software component etc.: unaware or noncommittal regarding the specific nature of the components with which it interacts; polymorphic; modular; pluggable
Example: ‘The socket communications layer is agnostic with regard to its underlying transport mechanism -- it is “transport-agnostic”.’;
(usually with a prepositional phrase) Having no firmly held opinions on an issue or matter of uncertainty.
Example: ‘I'm agnostic on whether ethanol is a green fuel.’; ‘He says he's agnostic concerning the Secretary's claims.’;
A person who holds to a form of agnosticism, especially uncertainty of the existence of a deity.
Professing ignorance; involving no dogmatic; pertaining to or involving agnosticism.
One who professes ignorance, or denies that we have any knowledge, save of phenomena; one who supports agnosticism, neither affirming nor denying the existence of a personal Deity, a future life, etc.
a person who doubts truth of religion
uncertain of all claims to knowledge
a person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God.
relating to agnostics or agnosticism.
(in a non-religious context) having a doubtful or non-committal attitude towards something
Example: ‘until now I've been fairly agnostic about electoral reform’;
denoting or relating to hardware or software that is compatible with many types of platform or operating system
Example: ‘many common file formats (JPEG, MP3, etc.) are platform-agnostic’; ‘our industry is moving towards a device-agnostic model’;
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