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Definition of Incertitude
1. Noun. The state of being unsure of something.
Generic synonyms: Cognitive State, State Of Mind
Specialized synonyms: Arriere Pensee, Mental Reservation, Reservation, Distrust, Misgiving, Mistrust, Suspicion, Disbelief, Incredulity, Mental Rejection, Skepticism, Indecision, Indecisiveness, Irresolution, Peradventure, Suspense
Derivative terms: Doubt, Doubtful, Doubtful, Dubious, Dubious
Antonyms: Certainty
Definition of Incertitude
1. n. Uncertainty; doubtfulness; doubt.
Definition of Incertitude
1. Noun. uncertainty, doubt, insecurity ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Incertitude
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Incertitude
Literary usage of Incertitude
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"In the midst of the incertitude, vagueness, and antinomies of those early times,
when the Reformation, like Luther himself, was trying to find a way and a ..."
2. "Marse Henry": An Autobiography by Henry Watterson (1919)
"... incertitude—THE "NEW FREEDOM." THE makers of the American Republic range
themselves in two groups—Washington, Franklin and Jefferson—Clay, ..."
3. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford by Horace Walpole (1858)
"The same incertitude remains on our general situation. I pretend 1 Compare letter
to Jephson, Jan. 27, 1780. ..."
4. William Winston Seaton of the "National Intelligencer".: A Biographical Sketch by Josephine Seaton (1871)
"She is with her parents, and wields a graphic pen ; but my heart bleeds for her
in the state of incertitude to which she may be condemned for weeks or ..."
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