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Noun
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Indeed, this sort of agnosticism does give China an advantage.—
Oriana Skylar Mastro,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Dec. 2018 -
The difference is that in poker the agnosticism over individual decisions all serves a larger plan.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
The New Yorker,
11 Oct. 2024
Noun
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Among his biggest criticisms is the discovery that a $500,000 grant to a humanist group may have been misused to promote atheism in Nepal and Asia while it was intended to promote religious freedom.—
Emily Brooks,
The Hill,
12 Dec. 2024
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The Italian frequently invoked his potentially incendiary political and religious beliefs (socialism and atheism) in his analyses, and almost never engages in the kind of de-escalatory coachspeak that permeates most MLS press conferences.—
Ian Nicholas Quillen,
Forbes,
26 Nov. 2024
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The case generated a media storm, pitting the values of women’s liberation and secularism against murky fears of Islamist terrorism.—
Arundhati Katju,
Foreign Affairs,
23 Dec. 2020
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But the fallout from Paty’s killing reinforced the French state’s commitment to freedom of expression and its firm attachment to secularism in public life.—
Tom Nouvian and Samuel Petrequin,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Dec. 2024
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“Know-nothingism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/know-nothingism. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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