ignosticism

ignosticism

English

Etymology

ig- (from ignorant) + gnostic + -ism. Coined by Rabbi Sherwin Wine.

Noun

ignosticism (uncountable)

1. The philosophical position that the question of the existence of God is meaningless, because the term "God" has no coherent and unambiguous definition. It may also be described as the theological position that other theological positions assume too much about the concept of God.

Synonyms

• igtheism

Translations

a philosophical position

Arabic: غنوسطية‎ Armenian: իգնոստիցիզմ (ignosticʿizm) Azerbaijani: iqnostisizm Chinese: Mandarin: 漠視主義／漠视主义 (mòshìzhǔyì) Danish: ignosticisme Dutch: ignosticisme m Finnish: ignostismi French: ignosticisme (fr) m Greek: ιγνωστικισμός (el) m (ignostikismós) Hebrew: איגנוסטיות‎ (he) Indonesian: ignostisisme Italian: ignosticismo m Persian: خداناشناس‌دانی‎ Polish: ignostycyzm Portuguese: ignosticismo (pt) m Russian: игностици́зм (ru) m (ignosticízm) Spanish: ignosticismo (es) m Turkish: ignostisizm Ukrainian: ігностицизм m (ihnostycyzm)

See also

• agnosticism
• apatheism
• ignostic
• nontheism