indetermination

[ in-di-tur-muh-ney-shuhn ]

/ ˌɪn dɪˌtɜr məˈneɪ ʃən /

noun

the quality or condition of being indeterminate.

an unsettled state, as of the mind.

Origin of indetermination

First recorded in 1610–20; indeterminate + -ion

Words nearby indetermination

indeterminacy principle, indeterminate, indeterminate equation, indeterminate sentence, indeterminate vowel, indetermination, indeterminism, index, indexation, index card, index case

Example sentences from the Web for indetermination

If in the indeterminate, it is evident that it itself is indeterminate, and needs no indetermination to become such.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 4|Plotinos (Plotinus)
As we foreshadowed in the beginning of this work, the rôle of life is to insert some indetermination into matter.
Creative Evolution|Henri Bergson
A living being is "a reservoir of indetermination and unforeseeability."
The Christian Faith Under Modern Searchlights|William Hallock Johnson
But this indetermination cannot be complete; it must leave a certain part to determination.
Creative Evolution|Henri Bergson

This gives rise to an amount of uncertainty, "a zone of indetermination," where hesitation and choice come into play.
Bergson and His Philosophy|J. Alexander Gunn

单词	indetermination
释义	indetermination [ in-di-tur-muh-ney-shuhn ] / ˌɪn dɪˌtɜr məˈneɪ ʃən / noun the quality or condition of being indeterminate. an unsettled state, as of the mind. Origin of indetermination First recorded in 1610–20; indeterminate + -ion Words nearby indetermination indeterminacy principle, indeterminate, indeterminate equation, indeterminate sentence, indeterminate vowel, indetermination, indeterminism, index, indexation, index card, index case Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for indetermination If in the indeterminate, it is evident that it itself is indeterminate, and needs no indetermination to become such. Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 4\|Plotinos (Plotinus) As we foreshadowed in the beginning of this work, the rôle of life is to insert some indetermination into matter. Creative Evolution\|Henri Bergson A living being is "a reservoir of indetermination and unforeseeability." The Christian Faith Under Modern Searchlights\|William Hallock Johnson But this indetermination cannot be complete; it must leave a certain part to determination. Creative Evolution\|Henri Bergson This gives rise to an amount of uncertainty, "a zone of indetermination," where hesitation and choice come into play. Bergson and His Philosophy\|J. Alexander Gunn
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