indetermination

American  

[in-di-tur-muh-nay-shuhn] / ˌɪn dɪˌtɜr məˈneɪ ʃən /

noun

1. the quality or condition of being indeterminate.

2. an unsettled state, as of the mind.

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Etymology

Origin of indetermination

First recorded in 1610–20; indeterminate + -ion

Example Sentences

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indetermination

Irresolution -- N. irresolution, infirmity of purpose, indecision; indetermination, undetermination†; unsettlement; uncertainty &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

Footnote 1: A failure of this kind was far less due to any indetermination of the men than to the complex nature of the scheme, which any misadventure was capable of upsetting.

From The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry by Geoffrey Keith Rose

But it seizes upon this matter, which is necessity itself, and strives to introduce into it the largest possible amount of indetermination and liberty.

From Creative Evolution by Arthur Mitchell

This is a very valuable thought, for it contradicts that aberration of Mysticism which calls God the Infinite, and thinks of Him as the Indefinite, dissolving all distinctions in the abyss of bare indetermination.

From Christian Mysticism by William Ralph Inge

As we foreshadowed in the beginning of this work, the rôle of life is to insert some indetermination into matter.

From Creative Evolution by Arthur Mitchell