Etymology

agnosis

ag·no·sis
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Today it means: Epistemologically necessary lack of, indifference to, denial or shunning of knowledge; defective knowledge. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἀ-
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀ-“without, lacking”
  2. English todayagnosis

Derived from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “without, lacking”) + γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge”), literally, “lacking knowledge”.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἀ- all →

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