ਅਬੋਧਵਾਦ ਨੂੰ ਅੰਗਰੇਜ਼ੀ ਵਿੱਚ Agnosticism ਕਿਹਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ। ਇਸ ਦੇ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਧਾਰਮਿਕ ਅਸਲੀਅਤਾਂ, ਖਾਸਕਰ ਰੱਬ ਦੀ ਹੋਂਦ ਬਾਰੇ ਦਾਹਵੇ ਅਤੇ ਹੋਰ ਅਧਿਆਤਮਵਾਦੀ ਧਕੌਂਸਲੇ ਆਦਿ ਨੂੰ ਜਾਨਣਾ ਅਸੰਭਵ ਹੈ।[1][2][3] Agnostic ਲਫ਼ਜ਼ ਥਾਮਸ ਹੈਨਰੀ ਹਕਸਲੇ ਨੇ 1869 ਵਿੱਚ ਘੜਿਆ ਸੀ। ਉਸਨੇ ਇਹ ਯੂਨਾਨੀ ਦੇ Gnostic (ਜਾਣਨਾ) ਦੇ ਅੱਗੇ ਏ (a) ਜੋੜ ਕੇ ਬਣਾਇਆ। ਉਸ ਦਾ ਮੰਨਣਾ ਸੀ ਕਿ ਅਲੌਕਿਕ ਅਗਾਧ ਹੈ।

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  1. Hepburn, Ronald W. (2005) [1967]. "Agnosticism". In Donald M. Borchert. The Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 1 (2nd ed.). MacMillan Reference USA (Gale). p. 92. ISBN 0-02-865780-2. "In the most general use of the term, agnosticism is the view that we do not know whether there is a God or not.". (page 56 in 1967 edition)
  2. Rowe, William L. (1998). "Agnosticism". In Edward Craig. Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-415-07310-3. http://books.google.com/?id=VQ-GhVWTH84C&pg=PA122&dq=agnosticism+routledge. "In the popular sense, an agnostic is someone who neither believes nor disbelieves in God, whereas an atheist disbelieves in God. In the strict sense, however, agnosticism is the view that human reason is incapable of providing sufficient rational grounds to justify either the belief that God exists or the belief that God does not exist. In so far as one holds that our beliefs are rational only if they are sufficiently supported by human reason, the person who accepts the philosophical position of agnosticism will hold that neither the belief that God exists nor the belief that God does not exist is rational.". 
  3. "agnostic, agnosticism". OED Online, 3rd ed. Oxford University Press. September 2012. agnostic. A. n. 1. A person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of immaterial things, especially of the existence or nature of God. 2. In extended use: a person who is not persuaded by or committed to a particular point of view; a sceptic. Also: person of indeterminate ideology or conviction; an equivocator. B. adj. 1. Of or relating to the belief that the existence of anything beyond and behind material phenomena is unknown and (as far as can be judged) unknowable. Also: holding this belief. 2. a. In extended use: not committed to or persuaded by a particular point of view; sceptical. Also: politically or ideologically unaligned; non-partisan, equivocal. agnosticism, n. The doctrine or tenets of agnostics with regard to the existence of anything beyond and behind material phenomena or to knowledge of a First Cause or God. {{cite encyclopedia}}: line feed character in |quote= at position 16 (help)