incertitude

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
incertitude
    n 1: the state of being unsure of something [syn: {doubt},
         {uncertainty}, {incertitude}, {dubiety}, {doubtfulness},
         {dubiousness}] [ant: {certainty}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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