certainty meaning
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US WCertainty
- Certainty is perfect knowledge that has total security from error, or the mental state of being without doubt.
- Objectively defined, certainty is total continuity and validity of all foundational inquiry, to the highest degree of precision. Something is certain only if no skepticism can occur.
- It is widely held that certainty about the real world is a failed historical enterprise (that is, beyond deductive truths, tautology, etc.). This is in large part due to the power of David Hume's problem of induction.
- NounPLcertainties
- The state of being certain.
- An instance of being certain.
- A fact or truth unquestionably established.
- The state of being certain.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- I mean, what would a couple of translesbian feminist theorists like us know about the true delights of the certainty and expression of our womanhood?
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of certainty in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Singularia tantum
- Uncountable nouns
- Uncountable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Nouns
Other Vocabulary
- en certainly
- en certainity
- fr certains
- fr certaine
- en certainer
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "certainty" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum.