单词 | indistinctness |
释义 | indistinctnessn. 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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