Meaning of INCERTITUDE
| Pronunciation: | | in'surti`tood
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| | Definition: | | [n] the state of being unsure of something |
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| | Synonyms: | | doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, uncertainty |
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| | Antonyms: | | certainty | | |
| | See Also: | | arriere pensee, cognitive state, disbelief, distrust, incredulity, indecision, indecisiveness, irresolution, mental rejection, mental reservation, misgiving, mistrust, reservation, skepticism, state of mind, suspense, suspicion | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In*cer"ti*tude\, n. [Cf. F. incertitude, LL.
incertitudo, fr. L. incertus. See {Incertain}.]
Uncertainty; doubtfulness; doubt.
The incertitude and instability of this life.
--Holland.
He fails . . . from mere incertitude or irresolution.
--I. Taylor.
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| | Related Terms: | | capriciousness, chance, chanciness, changeableness, erraticism, erraticness, fickleness, hesitancy, hesitation, incalculability, indecision, indecisiveness, indemonstrability, indeterminacy, indetermination, indeterminism, irresolution, luck, randomness, suspense, suspensefulness, unaccountability, uncertainness, uncertainty, uncertainty principle, undecidedness, undeterminedness, unforeseeableness, unpredictability, unprovability, unsureness, unverifiability, vacillation, whimsicality |
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