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certitude

  (sûr'tĭ-tūd', -tyūd') pronunciation
n.
  1. The state of being certain; complete assurance; confidence.
  2. Sureness of occurrence or result; inevitability.
  3. Something that is assured or unfailing: “eager to swap the hazards of American freedom for the gray certitudes of Soviet life” (Time). See synonyms at certainty.

[Middle English, from Late Latin certitūdō, from Latin certus, certain. See certain.]


 
 
Thesaurus: certitude

noun

    The fact or condition of being without doubt: assurance, assuredness, certainty, confidence, conviction, positiveness, sureness, surety. See certain/uncertain.

 
Antonyms: certitude

n

Definition: certainty
Antonyms: doubt


 
WordNet: certitude
Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: total certainty or greater certainty that circumstances warrant
  Synonyms: cocksureness, overconfidence


 
Translations: Translations for: Certitude

Dansk (Danish)
n. - vished

Nederlands (Dutch)
zekerheid

Français (French)
n. - certitude, conviction

Deutsch (German)
n. - Sicherheit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - βεβαιότητα, σιγουριά

Italiano (Italian)
certezza, sicurezza

Português (Portuguese)
n. - convicção (f)

Русский (Russian)
уверенность

Español (Spanish)
n. - certidumbre

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - övertygelse

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
确实, 确信

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 確實, 確信

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 확신 , 확실성

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 確信, 確実性

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) يقين, اقتناع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ביטחון, ודאות‬


 
 

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