INCERTITUDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does incertitude mean? 

• INCERTITUDE (noun)
  The noun INCERTITUDE has 1 sense:

1. the state of being unsure of something

  Familiarity information: INCERTITUDE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INCERTITUDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being unsure of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

doubt; doubtfulness; dubiety; dubiousness; incertitude; uncertainty

Hypernyms ("incertitude" is a kind of...):

cognitive state; state of mind (the state of a person's cognitive processes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "incertitude"):

arriere pensee; mental reservation; reservation (an unstated doubt that prevents you from accepting something wholeheartedly)

distrust; misgiving; mistrust; suspicion (doubt about someone's honesty)

disbelief; incredulity; mental rejection; skepticism (doubt about the truth of something)

indecision; indecisiveness; irresolution (doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action)

peradventure (doubt or uncertainty as to whether something is the case)

suspense (an uncertain cognitive state)

 Context examples 

And romantic it certainly was—the fog, like the grey shadow of infinite mystery, brooding over the whirling speck of earth; and men, mere motes of light and sparkle, cursed with an insane relish for work, riding their steeds of wood and steel through the heart of the mystery, groping their way blindly through the Unseen, and clamouring and clanging in confident speech the while their hearts are heavy with incertitude and fear.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)