indetermination

Examples

• All

• There is every reason to suspect that new totalitarian projects will arise in the future, each promising to overcome the indetermination that haunts the democratic order.

  Academic text (2002)

• The functioning of generation and reception of a text operates in accordance with two factors: a certain quantity of indetermination and the role of the reader and the context.

  Academic text (1992)

• As Francois Furet has eloquently noted, liberal democracy is haunted by an essential moral indetermination, a silence on the ends or contents of human freedom that risks being filled by ideologists or utopians of one stripe or another.

  Academic text (2000)

• The artist's work often reflects a sense of indetermination, leaving viewers to interpret it in their own way.

• The lack of clear guidelines resulted in a feeling of indetermination among the committee members about their roles.

• His answer was filled with indetermination, making it difficult to understand his true opinion on the matter.

Synonyms

A

ambiguity

vsindetermination

57 6.3

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

refers to a single unclear definition rather than multiple possible meanings

V

vagueness

vsindetermination

8 6.1

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

focuses more on absence of exact definition rather than mere imprecision

I

indeterminacy

vsindetermination

2 8.9

An unclear or uncertain situation that makes meaning hard to know

is about lacking precise definition rather than simply being uncertain

I

indefiniteness

vsindetermination

1 7.8

A lack of clear details that makes something hard to understand

presents the idea as a general vagueness quality rather than a label

I

indeterminateness

vsindetermination

9.9

A situation where meaning is not clear or exact

frames the issue as an ongoing quality rather than a temporary state

I

indefinity

vsindetermination

9.9

The state of being vague or not clear

emphasizes the general quality of vagueness rather than a single example

N

nebulousness

vsindetermination

8.8

A state of being unclear with no definite meaning or edges

stresses unclear definition rather than just soft or hazy shape

N

nebulosity

vsindetermination

9.9

A state of being unclear and hard to understand

highlights missing precise definition rather than merely vague appearance

U

unclarity

vsindetermination

7.7

Information or speech that is hard to understand and causes confusion

is about missing precise definition rather than only communication difficulty

U

unclearness

vsindetermination

7.7

A situation when something is hard to understand

puts emphasis on imprecise definition rather than general incomprehension

I

indefinability

vsindetermination

9.9

A state where you cannot describe something exactly

means lacking precise definition but allows possible description, not impossibility

I

indistinctness

vsindetermination

7.0

Lack of clear detail that makes things hard to see or hear

focuses on unclear abstract definition rather than physical blurriness

I

indistinction

vsindetermination

8.6

Not clearly separate from something else

concerns unclear definition rather than mere lack of separation

Antonyms

C

clarity

152 3.0

How easy it is to understand what someone says or writes

S

specificity

12 7.0

The quality of being exact and detailed

How Defined

certainty

• Literature

202 3.4

clarity

152 3.0

uncertainty

296 4.0

indetermination

9.5

vagueness

8 6.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology