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BNC: 27887 COCA: 22934

— indeterminacy

/ˌɪndɪˈtɚmənəsi/ noun [noncount]
BNC: 27887 COCA: 22934

indeterminacy

noun

in·​de·​ter·​mi·​na·​cy ˌin-di-ˈtər-mə-nə-sē How to pronounce indeterminacy (audio)
-ˈtərm-nə-
: the quality or state of being indeterminate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The effect is a paradoxical sense of both particularity and indeterminacy, exposure and concealment. Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 25 July 2022 Undated ballots and the like are the new hanging chads, a source of indeterminacy, which is election poison. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 23 May 2022 The dual and dueling narrators lend the events of the book a high level of indeterminacy that proves both mysterious and entertaining. Paul Di Filippo, Washington Post, 4 July 2022 The convention of courtroom journalism is to make a scruple of indeterminacy. New York Times, 2 June 2022 To build a world in the fullest sense of the word requires an almost Buddha-like commitment to self-negation and indeterminacy. Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 8 June 2022 Pendleton, 38, whose work often incorporates language layered like a palimpsest, finds his artistic connection to Simone in a shared commitment to the complexity, at times the indeterminacy, of voice. New York Times, 16 Mar. 2022 How many people, generally unmotivated to learn, find their way to a concept as intimidating as, say, quantum indeterminacy by way of the (far more welcoming) simulation argument? Jason Kehe, Wired, 9 Mar. 2022 The indeterminacy of the paintings extends to Kurant’s practice as a whole. New York Times, 12 Nov. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1649, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of indeterminacy was in 1649
BNC: 27887 COCA: 22934

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