indetermination

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[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

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Example Sentences

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indetermination

Scepticism is only a state of indetermination, resulting from an insufficient examination of things.

From Good Sense by Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'Holbach

The whole question of free will concentrates itself, then, at this same small point: "Is or is not the appearance of indetermination at this point an illusion?"

From Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals by William James

The singular points, defined as the limiting points of the range over which such continuation is possible, may either be poles, or polar points of indetermination, or essential singularities.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

Indeed, I was diagnosing my case, wondering if I loved her, affirming, doubting on a very see-saw of indetermination.

From The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance by Robert W. (Robert William) Service

Suppose, as we suggested in the preceding chapter, that at the root of life there is an effort to engraft on to the necessity of physical forces the largest possible amount of indetermination.

From Creative Evolution by Arthur Mitchell

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