Antonyms for indeterminateness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-di-tur-muh-nit
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn dɪˈtɜr mə nɪt


Definition of indeterminateness

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Late Latin indeterminatus "undefined," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + determinatus, past participle of determinare (see determine). Related: Indeterminately.
  • As in ambiguity : noun uncertainty of meaning
Example sentences :
  • But there was some indeterminateness in what he was said to have laid stress on.
  • Extract from : « It Never Can Happen Again » by William De Morgan
  • This is one instance of the indeterminateness of sense-awareness.
  • Extract from : « The Concept of Nature » by Alfred North Whitehead
  • This potentiality and indeterminateness is matter, but it is not to be confused with the other matter of the phenomenal world.
  • Extract from : « A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy » by Isaac Husik
  • To this difficulty must be added, moreover, the future indeterminateness of the means for obtaining such universal happiness.
  • Extract from : « A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution » by C. M. Williams
  • But they may spring from weakness and indeterminateness, on which account one needs to be well on his guard.
  • Extract from : « Pedagogics as a System » by Karl Rosenkranz
  • To the double indeterminateness of the end has to be added the indeterminateness of the means.
  • Extract from : « The Data of Ethics » by Herbert Spencer
  • The plural here indicates only the awful nature, its indeterminateness.
  • Extract from : « The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. II (2 vols) » by Thomas De Quincey
  • Whether or not indeterminateness, uncertainty, actually exists in the world is a difficult question.
  • Extract from : « Human Nature and Conduct » by John Dewey
  • Life introduces an element of uncertainty or indeterminateness that we do not find in the inorganic world.
  • Extract from : « The Breath of Life » by John Burroughs
  • Consciousness—in regard to external perception—is explained by this indeterminateness and this choice.
  • Extract from : « Bergson and His Philosophy » by J. Alexander Gunn

Synonyms for indeterminateness

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