indetermination

[ in-di-tur-muh-ney-shuhn ]

noun

1. the quality or condition of being indeterminate.
2. an unsettled state, as of the mind.

Word History and Origins

Origin of indetermination¹

First recorded in 1610–20; indeterminate + -ion

Example Sentences

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

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Such an indetermination of choice is not desired by the lover of either reason or excitement.

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Existence should be contemplated, not in indetermination, but on the contrary in determination and rest.

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If the definition of privation shows the indetermination of matter, it can at least indicate its nature.

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If in the indeterminate, it is evident that it itself is indeterminate, and needs no indetermination to become such.

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