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for incertitude
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.
[1913 Webster]
The incertitude and instability of this life.
--Holland.
[1913 Webster]
He fails . . . from mere incertitude or irresolution.
--I. Taylor.
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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 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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