indetermination
[in-di-tur-muh-ney-shuh n]
- the quality or condition of being indeterminate.
- an unsettled state, as of the mind.
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Origin of indetermination
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But this indetermination cannot be complete; it must leave a certain part to determination.
Creative EvolutionHenri Bergson
In these twilight-zones of indetermination, 347 cost as well as other factors of supply have had their opportunity.
Creative IntelligenceJohn Dewey, Addison W. Moore, Harold Chapman Brown, George H. Mead, Boyd H. Bode, Henry Waldgrave, Stuart James, Hayden Tufts, Horace M. Kallen
But almost with Sam's reply the creaking began again, and after an instant of indetermination continued its course.
The Silent PlacesSteward Edward White
Besides, it is not Reason itself, but its emanation which mingles with indetermination.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 4Plotinos (Plotinus)
A living being is "a reservoir of indetermination and unforeseeability."
The Christian Faith Under Modern SearchlightsWilliam Hallock Johnson