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indetermination

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

/ ˌɪn dɪˌtɜr məˈneɪ ʃən /

noun

the quality or condition of being indeterminate.

an unsettled state, as of the mind.

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Origin of indetermination

First recorded in 1610–20; indeterminate + -ion

Words nearby indetermination

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

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Example sentences 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

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