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noun

as in skeptic
a person who does not have a definite belief about whether God exists or not He was an agnostic despite his religious upbringing.

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Adjective
That means identifying politically ‘agnostic’ solutions to expand quality jobs that both workers and businesses can get behind, including: CEO: C-suite news, analysis, and advice for top decision makers right to your inbox. Maria Flynn, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025 Why Local Talent Strategies Are Emerging Now For decades, talent sourcing has been centralized, credential-focused, and geographically agnostic. Scott Hutcheson, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
Black Non-Believers Often Conceal Their Beliefs While Networking Sadly, Black atheists and agnostics feel pressure to hide their secularism in professional settings in order to maintain relationships. Maya Richard-Craven, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024 The community is now composed of nones, agnostics and disillusioned former members of megachurches. Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for agnostic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for agnostic
Adjective
  • The rapture once preached and beckoned in churches has been repackaged for secular times: In place of souls ascending to heaven, there are minds preserved digitally—or even bodies kept alive—for eternity.
    John Kaag, The Atlantic, 28 May 2025
  • The Supreme Court has held that states may require their public schools be secular.
    Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 25 May 2025
Noun
  • Makary and Bhattacharya are also prominent skeptics of the COVID-19 shot and vaccine mandates.
    Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 27 May 2025
  • Listen to this article WASHINGTON — House Republicans stayed up all night to pass their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package, with Speaker Mike Johnson defying the skeptics and unifying his ranks to muscle President Donald Trump’s priority bill to approval Thursday.
    Lisa Mascaro, Twin Cities, 22 May 2025
Adjective
  • It will be decided on by a conservative-majority Supreme Court that has been skeptical of considerations of race in public life.
    David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 30 May 2025
  • These regions were often skeptical of centralized power, and reformers pushed for tools like the initiative and referendum to give citizens a way to bypass political machines and corporate influence.
    Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 30 May 2025

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“Agnostic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agnostic. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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