certitude
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8.3
- noun
- /ˈsɜːrtɪtjuːd/
- Formal
:
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- Despite the lack of evidence, he held his beliefs with an unwavering certitude that left little room for doubt.
- a degree of certitude
- moral certitude
- ideological certitude
I don't I don't feel the certitude that consciousness simply must be part of that.
- I don't I don't feel the certitude that consciousness simply must be part of that.
- Well, the code account loss is I have to have moral certitude.
- So that core essential quality of in his case, dead certitude, you know, has no, doesn't question.
- He says we are in a zone where it's impossible to disassociate the idea itself from the degree of certitude it carries.
- Seeing the way he talks to the interview and sticks to his story with certitude, regardless of how much it changes the cast of characters around him.
- He says that this is the skepticism, the in certitude that he's talking about here.
Examples
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I was full of the sort of distrust that accompanies absolute certitude and anticipation.
Fiction book (1999) -
Which is why I can say with certitude that, even as we speak, the iranians are developing American-exterminating weapons.
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You have the youth, the energy, the certitude.
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I expect your trust, confidence and certitude.
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At that moment, he had the certitude.
Academic text (2018) -
I thought with certitude that affair would be the only thing I'd be known for in my whole life.
Fiction book (1996) -
The world which seems to lie before us like a land of dreams has really neither joy, nor love, nor light, nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain.
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And so youth gains in certitude what it lacks in prudence.
Fiction book (1998) -
In numerous publications, he took the position that religious certitudes are, at least normally, irreversible.
Academic text (1990) -
Yet I can say with certitude that his work did not resemble theirs even minimally.
Academic text (2002)
Synonyms
∞
1.4
Complete trust in a person, plan, or thing
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4.5
A strong belief or opinion that someone is sure about
202
3.4
A strong feeling that something is true or will happen
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7.1
Belief that something is true
3
6.6
A feeling that something is true or will happen
1
3.6
A feeling of confidence and certainty without doubt
1
7.4
A strong belief that something is right or true without full proof
1
5.6
The quality of being clear and certain so people have no doubt
1
4.2
Being sure about what you say or believe
Too much confidence that ignores other people's views
A truth that cannot be denied by reason or logic
A quality that cannot be questioned or denied
A quality that cannot be doubted
A clear and final quality that leaves no doubt
Antonyms
How Certain
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Certitude comes from the Latin root certus, meaning 'sure', and it shares that root with the common word certain. So certitude is the state of being very sure or having strong confidence, sometimes even more than the facts support.