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uncertainty
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1 uncertainty
Being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance:
— The uncertainty of the outcome.
synoniemen: precariousness, uncertainness.
Roget 621:
chance
etc.
156;
lot,
fate
etc.
(necessity)
601;
luck;
good luck
etc.
(good)
618;
mascot.
speculation,
venture,
stake,
game of chance;
mere shot,
random shot;
blind bargain,
leap in the dark;
pig in a poke
etc.
(uncertainty)
475;
fluke,
potluck;
faro bank;
flyer [Slang];
limit.
uncertainty;
uncertainty principle,
Heisenberg's uncertainty principle.
drawing lots;
sortilegy†,
sortition†;
sortes†,
sortes Virgilianae†;
rouge et noir [Fr.],
hazard,
ante,
chuck-a-luck,
crack-loo [U.S.],
craps,
faro,
roulette,
pitch and toss,
chuck,
farthing,
cup tossing,
heads or tails cross and pile,
poker-dice;
wager;
bet,
betting;
gambling;
the turf.
gaming house,
gambling house,
betting house;
bucket shop;
gambling joint;
totalizator,
totalizer;
hell;
betting ring;
dice,
dice box.
[person who takes chances]
gambler,
gamester;
man of the turf;
adventurer;
dicer†.
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Roget 605:
irresolution,
infirmity of purpose,
indecision;
indetermination,
undetermination†;
unsettlement;
uncertainty
etc.
475;
demur,
suspense;
hesitating
etc.
v.,
hesitation,
hesitancy;
vacillation;
changeableness
etc.
149;
fluctuation;
alternation
etc.
(oscillation)
314;
caprice
etc.
608.
fickleness,
levity,
legerete [Fr.];
pliancy
etc.
(softness)
324;
weakness;
timidity
etc.
860;
cowardice
etc.
862;
half measures.
waverer,
ass between two bundles of hay;
shuttlecock,
butterfly;
wimp;
doughface [U.S.].
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Roget 519:
unintelligibility;
incomprehensibility,
imperspicuity†;
inconceivableness,
vagueness
etc.
adj.;
obscurity;
ambiguity
etc.
520;
doubtful meaning;
uncertainty
etc.
475;
perplexity
etc.
(confusion)
59;
spinosity†;
obscurum per obscurius [Lat.];
mystification
etc.
(concealment)
528;
latency
etc.
526;
transcendentalism.
paradox,
oxymoron;
riddle,
enigma,
puzzle
etc.
(secret)
533;
diagnus vindice nodus [Lat.];
sealed book;
steganography†,
freemasonry.
pons asinorum [Lat.],
asses' bridge;
high Dutch,
Greek,
Hebrew;
jargon
etc.
(unmeaning)
517.
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Roget 465a:
indiscrimination†,
indistinguishability;
indistinctness,
indistinction†;
uncertainty
etc.
(doubt)
475;
incomparability
etc.
464.1.
Roget 139:
irregularity,
uncertainty,
unpunctuality;
fitfulness
etc.
adj.;
capriciousness,
ecrhythmus†.
Nederlands: onzekerheid, twijfel
2 uncertainty
The state of being unsure of something.
synoniemen: doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, incertitude.
Roget 475:
uncertainty,
incertitude,
doubt;
doubtfulness
etc.
adj.;
dubiety,
dubitation†,
dubitancy†,
dubitousness†.
hesitation,
suspense;
perplexity,
embarrassment,
dilemma,
bewilderment;
timidity
etc.
(fear)
860;
vacillation
etc.
605;
diaporesis†,
indetermination.
vagueness
etc.
adj.;
haze,
fog;
obscurity
etc.
(darkness)
421;
ambiguity
etc.
(double meaning)
520;
contingency,
dependence,
dependency,
double contingency,
possibility upon a possibility;
open question
etc.
(question)
461;
onus probandi [Lat.];
blind bargain,
pig in a poke,
leap in the dark,
something or other;
needle in a haystack,
needle in a bottle of hay;
roving commission.
precariousness
etc.
adj.;
fallibility.
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Nederlands: aarzeling, onzekerheid, twijfel, weifeling
Pools: obiekcja, wątpliwość, zastrzeżenie
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