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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
incertitude
n : the state of being unsure of something [syn: doubt, uncertainty,
dubiety, doubtfulness, dubiousness] [ant: certainty]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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