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单词 indistinctness
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indistinctnessn.

Etymology: < indistinct adj. + -ness suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: indiˈstinctness.
The quality or condition of being indistinct; obscurity, dimness. (In reference to either sensuous or mental perception.)
a. As a quality of the object: Incapability of being clearly perceived or understood.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [noun] > indistinctness
undistinction1647
shadowinessa1672
indistinctness1704
obscure1787
muzz1843
fogginess1853
blur1860
blurredness1864
veiling1864
fuzziness1866
blear1868
nebulousness1878
incertitude1883
velation1922
blurriness1937
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > [noun]
deepnessa1000
subtletya1387
difficultyc1405
mistiheadc1425
darknessc1450
obscurity1474
profoundnessc1475
obscureness1509
profundity1559
perplexity1563
opacity1575
darksomeness1583
perplexednessa1586
deptha1593
spinosity1605
abstruseness1628
abstrusity1649
inevidence1673
enigmaticalness1684
dark1699
indistinctness1704
confusion1729
reconditeness1779
obfuscity1832
oracularity1840
irrecognizability1847
recondity1856
unrecognizableness1865
crypticity1892
1704 I. Newton Opticks i. i. 11 According to the indistinctness of this Picture [in the bottom of the eye] the Object will appear confused.
1785 T. Reid Ess. Intellect. Powers 123 If we attend to the cause of this indistinctness, we shall find, that it is not owing to their being general terms, but to this, that there is no definition of them that has authority.
1827 R. Whately Elem. Logic (1845) Introd. 33 The ambiguity or indistinctness of Terms.
1880 E. White Certainty in Relig. 35 There is a certain indistinctness in her outlines.
b. As a quality of perception or thought: cf. indistinct adj. 3b.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > types of vision > [noun] > dimness
indistinctness1783
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > absence of perception > [noun] > vague perception
sentimentc1374
sense1596
indistinctness1783
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > [noun] > unclear condition
obscurity1474
mist1532
cloud-lighta1536
indeterminateness1644
undistinction1647
indeterminacy1649
indistinction1651
undeterminateness1653
inestimability1678
undefinableness?1705
confusion1729
obnubilation1753
cloudiness1779
indistinctness1783
haze1790
haziness1796
vagueness1799
nebulosity1809
undefinednessa1832
undecidedness1897
indeterminism1928
fuzziness1973
smog1976
1783 H. Blair Lect. Rhetoric I. 186 The obscurity which reigns so much among many metaphysical writers is, for the most part, owing to the indistinctness of their own conceptions.
1783 S. Johnson Lett. to Mrs. Thrale 19 June I felt a confusion and indistinctness in my head, which lasted I suppose about half a minute.
1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. I. 241 The indistinctness of thought which is so fatal a feature in the intellect of the stationary period.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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