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Definition of Certainty
1. Noun. The state of being certain. "His certainty reassured the others"
Specialized synonyms: Assurance, Authority, Confidence, Self-assurance, Self-confidence, Sureness, Certitude, Cocksureness, Overconfidence, Reliance, Trust
Attributes: Certain, Sure, Incertain, Uncertain, Unsure
Antonyms: Uncertainty
2. Noun. Something that is certain. "His victory is a certainty"
Generic synonyms: Quality
Specialized synonyms: Cert, Ineluctability, Unavoidability, Inevitability, Inevitableness, Surety, Indisputability, Indubitability, Unquestionability, Unquestionableness, Moral Certainty, Predictability, Slam Dunk
Attributes: Certain, Uncertain
Antonyms: Uncertainty
Definition of Certainty
1. n. The quality, state, or condition, of being certain.
Definition of Certainty
1. Noun. The state of being certain. ¹
2. Noun. An instance of being certain. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Certainty
1. [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Certainty
Literary usage of Certainty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke (1849)
"certainty of truth is, when words are so put together in propositions as exactly
... certainty of knowledge is, to perceive the agreement or disagreement of ..."
2. History of Civilization in England by Henry Thomas Buckle (1866)
"The real objection, therefore, to generalizations respecting the development of
the intellect of a nation is. not that they want certainty, but that they ..."
3. A Treatise of Human Nature: Being an Attempt to Introduce the Experimental by David ( Hume (1890)
"Hume draws the line between certainty and probability at the same point, nor in
regard to the pround of certainty us to ' matter of fact or existence' is ..."
4. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1823)
"either of certainty or proximity: circumstances which, in estimating the value
of a lot of pain or pleasure, must always be taken into the account*. ..."
5. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"Fichte defined conscience as " the immediate consciousness of specific duty,"
which involves the unconditional certainty of a consciousness of duty with ..."
6. On Truth: A Systematic Inquiry by St. George Jackson Mivart (1889)
"CHAPTER I. EVIDENCE AND certainty. certainty exists, and universal doubt is
unreasonable. There must be ultimate truths which do not need proof. ..."
7. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1910)
"I was fairly certain of the answer the first time because each separate addition
had been clear cut and had itself carried certainty. ..."
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