Definition of incertitude in English:
incertitude
noun ɪnˈsəːtɪtjuːdɪnˈsərdəˌt(j)ud
mass nounA state of uncertainty or hesitation.
some schools broke down under the stresses of policy incertitude
Example sentencesExamples
- However much we may be cognizant of the vagaries and the incertitudes of its testimony, it continues to afford us a disconcerting awareness that the past is different from the present.
- The struggle and incertitude do not put out the light in those who are driven by their own passion for the arts.
- While Pinter the playwright may extol existential ambiguity and incertitude, Pinter the activist and dissenter has no such anxiety.
- Since every decision that is made comes with a bit of incertitude, statistics guides one in making proper preferences.
- Women directors admit vulnerabilities, but sometimes their openness to suggestion is mistaken for incertitude.
Synonyms
indecisiveness, indecision, irresoluteness, lack of resolution, hesitancy, hesitation, tentativeness
Origin
Late Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin incertitudo, from in- (expressing negation) + certitudo (see certitude).
Definition of incertitude in US English:
incertitude
nouninˈsərdəˌt(y)o͞odɪnˈsərdəˌt(j)ud
A state of uncertainty or hesitation.
some schools broke down under the stresses of policy incertitude
Example sentencesExamples
- While Pinter the playwright may extol existential ambiguity and incertitude, Pinter the activist and dissenter has no such anxiety.
- The struggle and incertitude do not put out the light in those who are driven by their own passion for the arts.
- However much we may be cognizant of the vagaries and the incertitudes of its testimony, it continues to afford us a disconcerting awareness that the past is different from the present.
- Since every decision that is made comes with a bit of incertitude, statistics guides one in making proper preferences.
- Women directors admit vulnerabilities, but sometimes their openness to suggestion is mistaken for incertitude.
Synonyms
indecisiveness, indecision, irresoluteness, lack of resolution, hesitancy, hesitation, tentativeness
Origin
Late Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin incertitudo, from in- (expressing negation) + certitudo (see certitude).