Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The state of being certain or convinced of something; complete assurance; confidence.
- noun Something that is assured or believed to be true.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Certainty; complete assurance; freedom from doubt.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Freedom from doubt; assurance; certainty.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable
sureness ,certainty - noun countable Something that is a certainty.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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This is also the first time I have publicly used the word certitude since hearing it for the first time a few days ago.
Jim Moret: An Attitude of Certitude Jim Moret 2011
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This is also the first time I have publicly used the word certitude since hearing it for the first time a few days ago.
Jim Moret: An Attitude of Certitude Jim Moret 2011
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It is worthy of notice, as regards the use of English terms, that Newman reserves the term certitude for the state of mind, and employs the word certainty to describe the condition of the evidence of a proposition.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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All eyes, however, were staring at him in certitude of expectancy.
Chapter 11 2010
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I hope in an era where sound bites pass for wisdom and where certitude is somehow a virtue that readers will reflect a little on the ambiguities of the human heart.
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This sort of moral certitude is exactly what turns off many veteran teachers in Washington.
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This sort of moral certitude is exactly what turns off many veteran teachers in Washington.
The Lightning Rod 2008
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This sort of moral certitude is exactly what turns off many veteran teachers in Washington.
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This sort of moral certitude is exactly what turns off many veteran teachers in Washington.
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This sort of moral certitude is exactly what turns off many veteran teachers in Washington.
The Lightning Rod 2008
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