indeterminacy

Examples

• All

• We can see the problem when Kerner explains to Hapgood his views on the indeterminacy of knowledge.

  Academic text (1999)

• Basic to such a model is its ability to deal with indeterminacy of outcomes.

  Academic text (1990)

• The existence of a zero lower bound on interest rates creates the potential for the indeterminacy of the price level.

  Academic text (2017)

• The source of indeterminacy can be illustrated by the bond market equilibrium.

  Academic text (2017)

• But not the least of the defects of legislative history is its indeterminacy.

  Academic text (1999)

• Thus, in a way, the workshops promote a linguistic indeterminacy that engenders confidence.

  Academic text (1992)

• His explanation underlines the indeterminacy and slipperiness of what he is trying to name.

  Fiction book (2002)

• However, in Dubliners, the main manifestation of indeterminacy is a mock transparency never repeated in his subsequent work.

  Academic text (1991)

• As Eugene Goodheart comments, "Desire is normally linked to indeterminacy, contradiction, chaos, inconsistency."

  Academic text (1999)

• The indeterminacy of the results made it difficult to draw any firm conclusions.

Synonyms

U

uncertainty

vsindeterminacy

296 4.0

Not being sure about what will happen or what to do

focuses more on unclear definition rather than just personal doubt

A

ambiguity

vsindeterminacy

57 6.3

A lack of clear meaning that allows people to understand it in different ways

is broader, highlighting general lack of definition rather than multiple meanings

V

vagueness

vsindeterminacy

8 6.1

Lack of clear or exact meaning that makes things hard to understand

is broader by also covering uncertainty about status or establishment

I

indefiniteness

vsindeterminacy

1 7.8

A lack of clear details that makes something hard to understand

adds the idea of uncertainty or absence of firm establishment

I

indeterminateness

vsindeterminacy

9.9

A situation where meaning is not clear or exact

also includes a sense of being unsure or not established

I

indetermination

vsindeterminacy

9.5

A lack of clear or exact meaning

covers that condition but stresses also being unsettled or unknown

I

indefinity

vsindeterminacy

9.9

The state of being vague or not clear

includes vagueness but also implies absence of definite establishment

N

nebulousness

vsindeterminacy

8.8

A state of being unclear with no definite meaning or edges

adds a sense of uncertainty that something is not established

N

nebulosity

vsindeterminacy

9.9

A state of being unclear and hard to understand

also points to being unsettled or not firmly defined

U

unclarity

vsindeterminacy

7.7

Information or speech that is hard to understand and causes confusion

places that difficulty along with general uncertainty or lack of establishment

U

unclearness

vsindeterminacy

7.7

A situation when something is hard to understand

also adds the idea of being unsettled or not clearly established

I

indistinction

vsindeterminacy

8.6

Not clearly separate from something else

stresses absence of clear definition plus possible uncertainty about identity

N

noncertainty

vsindeterminacy

8.8

A feeling of not being sure about something

is broader, also referring to unclear definition rather than only doubt

I

indefinability

vsindeterminacy

9.9

A state where you cannot describe something exactly

is milder, allowing lack of clarity rather than absolute impossibility

U

undecidability

vsindeterminacy

9.9

A situation when people cannot tell what is true because there is not enough evidence

covers unclear definition, not only problems caused by lack of evidence

I

inconclusiveness

vsindeterminacy

7.7

Not giving a clear result or decision

concerns unclear meaning or form, not just lack of final result

Antonyms

C

certainty

• Literature

202 3.4

A strong feeling that something is true or will happen

D

determinacy

7.8

A clear, exact amount or value that does not change

Compounds

I

indeterminacy principle

• Specialized

9.9

A rule in physics that you cannot know a particle's position and how fast it moves at the same time

How Determinable

clarity

152 3.0

uncertainty

296 4.0

ambiguity

57 6.3

indeterminacy

2 8.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology