indetermination

[ in-di-tur-muh-ney-shuh n ]

/ ˌɪn dɪˌtɜr məˈneɪ ʃən /

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noun

the quality or condition of being indeterminate.

an unsettled state, as of the mind.

Nearby words

indeterminacy principle, indeterminate, indeterminate equation, indeterminate sentence, indeterminate vowel, indetermination, indeterminism, index, index card, index case, index crime

Origin of indetermination

First recorded in 1610–20; indeterminate + -ion

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Examples from the Web for indetermination

If in the indeterminate, it is evident that it itself is indeterminate, and needs no indetermination to become such.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 4|Plotinos (Plotinus)
As we foreshadowed in the beginning of this work, the rôle of life is to insert some indetermination into matter.
Creative Evolution|Henri Bergson
A living being is "a reservoir of indetermination and unforeseeability."
The Christian Faith Under Modern Searchlights|William Hallock Johnson
But this indetermination cannot be complete; it must leave a certain part to determination.
Creative Evolution|Henri Bergson

This gives rise to an amount of uncertainty, "a zone of indetermination," where hesitation and choice come into play.
Bergson and His Philosophy|J. Alexander Gunn