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agnostic

ag·nos·tic [ ag nóstik ] (plural ag·nos·tics)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. somebody denying God's existence is provable: somebody who believes that it is impossible to know whether or not God exists

2. somebody denying something is knowable: somebody who doubts that a question has one correct answer or that something can be completely understood
I'm an agnostic concerning space aliens.

[Mid-19th century. <a-2 + gnostic]

ag·nos·tic adjective
ag·nos·ti·cal·ly adverb
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