indetermination
AmericanEtymology
Origin of indetermination
First recorded in 1610–20; indeterminate + -ion
Example Sentences
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Everything is an emanation from the Chaos of bare indetermination which he calls God, and everything will return thither.
From Christian Mysticism by Inge, William Ralph
Yet Bergson has to make out that there must have been some indetermination in Matter, however small, to give Spirit an opening to "insinuate itself" into Matter and thus use it for its own ends.
From Bergson and His Philosophy by Gunn, John Alexander
To finite nature it belongs to be, in a certain sense, indeterminate, since being finite, it has always in itself powers that are not realized; this indetermination diminishes as these powers are realized.
From Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good by Cousin, Victor
He may far too often mistake his private ignorance of what is predetermined for a real indetermination of what is to be.
From Meaning of Truth by James, William
The trees seemed redoubled in size from the soft indetermination of the moonlight which confused shadow and light, and deceived the eye as with soft loomings out of false distances.
From The Portion of Labor by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins
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