Describing a system or approach that hides or conceals the unknown, or treats unknowable aspects as deliberately obscured.
From 'crypto-' (Greek kryptos 'hidden') combined with 'agnostic' (from Greek a- 'without' and gignōskein 'to know'). This is a modern theoretical term blending philosophy with cryptography concepts, likely from late 20th-century academic discourse.
This word reveals how modern philosophy and computer science are merging—we now have terms that blend concealment with knowledge itself. It's the linguistic equivalent of a double mystery: something is both hidden AND unknowable.
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