dubiety
Americannoun
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dubieties
plural
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doubtfulness; doubt.
- Synonyms:
- suspicion, distrust, mistrust, skepticism
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a matter of doubt.
noun
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the state of being doubtful
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a doubtful matter
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of dubiety
First recorded in 1740–50; from Latin dubietās, equivalent to dubi(us) “doubtful” + -etās, noun suffix, variant of -itās after vocalic stems; see dubious, -ity
Example Sentences
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Head coach Bryan Easson is leaving his position after the World Cup and there is still some dubiety about whether it was his decision or not.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2025
Perhaps we have always lived in ages of dubiety, but Beckett’s quote is particularly apt in describing the last 60 years.
From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2022
Mencken1951 and the author of the U.S. attorney's filing both favored unusual words, including "dubiety" and "redoubt."
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2014
That impression seemed to be confirmed when Fabiano extended the lead with a goal of technique, persistence and considerable dubiety.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 21, 2010
She gave me a look of some dubiety.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
The fracas with Dobson had done him all the good in the world, for it had cleared the problem of dubieties and had put an edge on his temper.
From Huntingtower by Buchan, John
Ferdinand is in a strongish, but yet a dangerous position; and will give difficulties, and does give endless dubieties, to these high-plumed gentlemen galloping about with their spy-glasses for eight days.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20 by Carlyle, Thomas
Let us not keep on forever with our fancies and illusions, with our analysing and interpreting and circulating of complex dubieties.
From Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá by `Abdu'l-Bahá
She returned, And saw at last dubieties no more, The answering light for her within my eyes.”
From Domesday Book by Masters, Edgar Lee
While this has its obvious dubieties and disadvantages, any other course would have smacked of prettification—a fate which such a book as "Yama" surely does not deserve.
From Yama: the pit by Guerney, Bernard Guilbert
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