agnosticize

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verb

To make agnostic.

OriginEnglish agnostic ← Ancient Greek γνωστῐκός (gnōstĭkós) ← Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃tis →
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Meanings

verbagnosticize (third-person singular simple present agnosticizes, present participle agnosticizing, simple past and past participle agnosticized)

present singular third person agnosticizes · participle present agnosticizing · participle past agnosticized · past agnosticized

  1. transitiveTo make agnostic.
  2. intransitiverareTo become agnostic.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
ungod

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ǵn̥h₃sḱéti
  7. Proto-Hellenic*gignṓskō
  8. Ancient Greekγῐγνώσκω (gĭgnṓskō)
  9. Ancient Greekἄγνωστος (ágnōstos)
  10. Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
  11. Englisha-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃tis
  14. Ancient Greekγνῶσις (gnôsis)
  15. Ancient Greekγνωστῐκός (gnōstĭkós)
  16. EnglishGnostic
  17. Englishagnostic
  18. Englishagnosticize

From agnostic + -ize.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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