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Synonyms for indefiniteness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-def-uh-nit
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈdɛf ə nɪt



Définition of indefiniteness

Origin :
  • early 15c. (implied in indefinitely), from Latin indefinitus, from in- "not, opposite of, without" (see in- (1)) + definitus, past participle of definire (see define).
  • noun vagueness
Example sentences :
  • In this matter there must be no indefiniteness, no chance for misunderstanding.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • The Jesuit notion does not err on the score of indefiniteness.
  • Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall
  • And, as another of the elements of this creation of beauty, there must be indefiniteness. '
  • Extract from : « Figures of Several Centuries » by Arthur Symons
  • For, with all her wealth and power, Joyce often felt this "indefiniteness," as she called it.
  • Extract from : « Joyce's Investments » by Fannie E. Newberry
  • He could not be moulded to a clever womans liking, for all his indefiniteness.
  • Extract from : « The Dull Miss Archinard » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
  • In the hands of Dryden the Elves of Chaucer lose their indefiniteness.
  • Extract from : « The Fairy Mythology » by Thomas Keightley
  • Its indefiniteness shown by the serpent symbol, and the cross.
  • Extract from : « The Religious Sentiment » by Daniel G. Brinton
  • A constant source of misunderstanding and mistake is indefiniteness of meaning.
  • Extract from : « How We Think » by John Dewey
  • There was no indefiniteness about that "he;" there was only one "he" for Garda.
  • Extract from : « East Angels » by Constance Fenimore Woolson
  • As concerns the indefiniteness of the dream, it is after all a characteristic like any other.
  • Extract from : « A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis » by Sigmund Freud

Antonyms for indefiniteness

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