"agnosis" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /æɡˈnəʊsɪs/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: agnoses [plural]
Etymology: Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “without”, “lacking”) + γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge”) ≅ ignorance Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|ἀ-||without”, “lacking}} Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “without”, “lacking”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|agnoses}} agnosis (countable and uncountable, plural agnoses)
  1. Epistemologically necessary lack of, indifference to, denial or shunning of knowledge; defective knowledge. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: agnosticism Derived forms: acroagnosis, baragnosis Related terms: agnosia, agnostic, agnotology Translations (lack, denial or indifference to knowledge): agnose [feminine] (Portuguese)

Inflected forms

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