Incertitude

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Incertitude \In*cer"ti*tude\, n. [Cf. F. incertitude, LL.
     incertitudo, fr. L. incertus. See {Incertain}.]
     Uncertainty; doubtfulness; doubt.
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           The incertitude and instability of this life.


                                                    --Holland.
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           He fails . . . from mere incertitude or irresolution.
                                                    --I. Taylor.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  incertitude
       n : the state of being unsure of something [syn: {doubt}, {uncertainty},
            {dubiety}, {doubtfulness}, {dubiousness}] [ant: {certainty}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "incertitude":
     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