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Societal concept
psychology, uncertainty avoidance is how cultures differ on the amount of tolerance they have of unpredictability. Uncertainty avoidance is one of five
Uncertainty_avoidance
Dutch psychologist (1928–2020)
national cultures along six dimensions: power distance, individualism, uncertainty avoidance, masculinity, long term orientation, and indulgence vs. restraint
Geert_Hofstede
Framework for cross-cultural communication
cultural values could be analyzed: individualism-collectivism; uncertainty avoidance; power distance (strength of social hierarchy) and masculinity-femininity
Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory
Hofstede's_cultural_dimensions_theory
Behavioral profile
Pathological demand avoidance (PDA), or extreme demand avoidance (EDA), or persistent drive (for) autonomy (PDA) is a behavioral profile characterized
Pathological_demand_avoidance
Set of behaviours or social skills
high and low uncertainty avoidance cultures, which vary in their attitudes towards rules, structure, and change. High uncertainty avoidance cultures Countries
Cultural_competence
Theory of effective communication
Anxiety/uncertainty management (AUM) theory explores how individuals manage anxiety and uncertainty when interacting with people from different cultural
Anxiety/uncertainty management
Anxiety/uncertainty_management
decisions of the one in power. At the same time, even in a high uncertainty avoidance culture, with the crew more likely to follow standard operating
Impact of culture on aviation safety
Impact_of_culture_on_aviation_safety
Concept that defines the experience of notably positive, negative, or improbable events
Behavior". Cultural and Social Influences on Consumer Behavior: Uncertainty Avoidance, Rituals, and External Threats. Management for Professionals - ISSN
Luck
Attribution of human traits to non-human entities
need for cognition, social disconnection, cultural ideologies, uncertainty avoidance, etc. Children appear to anthropomorphize and use egocentric reasoning
Anthropomorphism
Tendency to base judgments on an irrelevant anchor
ambiguity and risk (uncertainty avoidance), with Poland scoring high and India scoring medium to low on Hofstede's Uncertainty Avoidance Index (UAI). In the
Anchoring_effect
Theory of prejudice in psychology and sociology
groups through the culture's level of uncertainty avoidance. Hofstede & Bond (1984) define uncertainty avoidance as "the degree to which people feel threatened
Integrated_threat_theory
American personality psychologist
high in neuroticism and low in agreeableness form dimensions of uncertainty avoidance. Countries that are low in extraversion and high in conscientiousness
Robert_R._McCrae
Interdisciplinary field of study
identify “tough versus tender” cultures. Uncertainty Avoidance Index (UAI) deals with a society's tolerance for uncertainty and ambiguity; it ultimately refers
Global_leadership
Difference in valuation of a payoff when receiving it earlier versus later
individualism/collectivism, uncertainty avoidance, and long term orientation. Countries with higher uncertainty avoidance have higher present bias, meaning
Time_preference
Situations involving imperfect or unknown information
ambiguity, its delineation from risk, and its separate avoidance. At the subatomic level, uncertainty may be a fundamental and unavoidable property of the
Uncertainty
Personality model consisting of five broad dimensions
cultural factors, Individualism, Power Distance, Masculinity, and Uncertainty Avoidance, with the average Big Five scores in a country. For instance, the
Big_Five_personality_traits
Social behavior and norms of a society
orientation, future orientation, assertiveness, power distance, and uncertainty avoidance. The second covers the variables that represent the "social orientation"
Culture
by high Power Distance, strong Collectivism, and relatively high Uncertainty Avoidance. Dubai’s high Power Distance reflects a cultural orientation in
Tourism_in_Dubai
System in which pay is directly tied to employee performance
status-based reward systems (as opposed to achievement-based) and high uncertainty avoidance, individual performance based systems and individualism, systems
Performance-related_pay
Study of communication between cultures
between different cultures. The five dimensions are power distance, uncertainty avoidance, individualism versus collectivism, masculinity versus femininity
Cultural_communication
Social and evolutionary psychology theory
(e.g., fear of pain) or reflects uncertainty avoidance or fear of the unknown. TMT theorists agree that uncertainty can be disconcerting in some cases
Terror_management_theory
Symbols for emotional cues in text
tolerance to indulgence used more negative emoji, while those with high uncertainty avoidance, individualism, and long-term orientation use more positive emoji
Emoji
Conscious or unconscious facial muscular movement conveying happiness or pleasure
intelligent than the same non-smiling individual (and that cultural uncertainty avoidance may explain these differences). Furthermore, the same study showed
Smile
Framework describing a communication medium
medium, perhaps in terms of the specific culture's threshold for uncertainty avoidance. Additionally, Dennis, Kinney, and Hung found that in terms of the
Media_richness_theory
Preference of known risks to unknown risks
utility David Schmeidler Knightian uncertainty Precautionary principle Simplicity Uncertainty Uncertainty avoidance Gilboa, I.; Schmeidler, D. (1989).
Ambiguity_aversion
Ford subcompact car (1970–1980)
who typically value "uncertainty avoidance" (Allison 1971:72 ), chose to stick with an existing design rather than face uncertainties associated with novel
Ford_Pinto
Psychological concept
dimensions along which cultures systematically vary: power distance, uncertainty avoidance, individualism-collectivism, masculinity-femininity, long-term orientation
Construct_(psychology)
Online dating service presented through a mobile phone application
found to be 'congruent with ... the individualism/collectivism and uncertainty avoidance cultural dimensions.' Following Tinder's success, other companies
Dating_app
Strength of social hierarchy
individualism/collectivism, masculinity/femininity, power distance and uncertainty avoidance. Later research led to the discovery of a fifth and sixth dimension
Power_distance
with a lower tolerance of uncertainty avoidance are disadvantaged, while users with a higher degree of uncertainty avoidance can even generate further
Media_adequacy
Website, browser, or other software settings
In this study, culture was measured through individualism and uncertainty avoidance. According to Hofstede's cultural dimensions, individualism is a
Privacy_settings
communication in small groups is uncertainty avoidance. The degree of tolerance people have for risk. In high uncertainty cultures individuals expect and
Communication_in_small_groups
Study of human behavior in organizational settings
dimensions include power distance, individualism vs. collectivism, uncertainty avoidance, masculinity vs. femininity, long-term orientation vs. short term
Organizational_behavior
Aspect of cross-cultural psychology
individualism/collectivism, feminine/masculine, power distance, uncertainty avoidance, long-term/short-term orientation, and indulgence/restraint.[page needed]
Cross-cultural_leadership
Economics theory
premium St. Petersburg paradox Statistical risk Uncertainty avoidance, which is different, as uncertainty is not the same as risk Utility Werner, Jan (2008)
Risk_aversion
Influence tactic
Performance on the Relationship between Confusion - Brand Loyalty and Uncertainty Avoidance - Brand Loyalty". Dokuz Eylul Universitesi Iktisadi ve Idari Bilimler
Perception_management
Topics referred to by the same term
University Unprotected Anal Intercourse Uruguayan Antarctic Institute Uncertainty avoidance index, the amount of tolerance of unpredictability This disambiguation
UAI
Medical condition
Harm avoidance (HA) is a personality trait characterized by excessive worrying; pessimism; shyness; and being fearful, doubtful, and easily fatigued.
Harm_avoidance
Culture that emphasizes individualism
Whereas in individualistic cultures that are low in power, and are uncertainty-avoidance, shame more closely resembles guilt in their parent style. For example
Individualistic_culture
rates. The four cultural factors – power-distance, individualism, uncertainty avoidance, and masculinity – were measured for 66 countries using data from
Gender_differences_in_suicide
Scientific study of human behaviour
found that cultures differ on four dimensions: power distance, uncertainty avoidance, masculinity-femininity, and individualism-collectivism. Later,
Cross-cultural_psychology
Field of study that looks at how people from differing cultural backgrounds communicate
dimensions like power distance, individualism versus collectivism, and uncertainty avoidance, which help explain differences in how people communicate across
Cross-cultural_communication
Reducing workplace interpersonal conflict
Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions are made of up 5 key dialectics Uncertainty Avoidance, Power Distance, Collectivism - Individualism, Masculinity - Femininity
Conflict_management
Process whereby the mass media influence other sectors of society
media structures. Psychological traits such as close-mindedness, uncertainty avoidance, and resistance to change are more common among conservatives than
Mediatization_(media)
French author
instance, d'Iribarne questioned Hofstede's conclusions from the uncertainty avoidance statistics, arguing that Hofstede superimposes his own view that
Philippe_d'Iribarne
Memory system consisting of episodes recollected from an individual's life
that affect the way people perceive the world around them, such as uncertainty avoidance, masculinity, and power distance. While these various cultural factors
Autobiographical_memory
Criminological theory
goals. Core values David Matza Sentencing disparity Social values Uncertainty avoidance Gennaro F. Vito; Jeffrey R. Maahs; Ronald M. Holmes (2006). Criminology:
Focal_concerns_theory
Use of rewards as motivation
incentives include in-group collectivism, performance orientation and uncertainty avoidance. However, the most detailed cultural explanation refers to the ‘individualism
Incentivisation
Possibility of something bad happening
is the possibility of something bad happening, comprising a level of uncertainty about the effects and implications of an activity, particularly negative
Risk
Methods to prevent destructive asteroid hits
Asteroid impact avoidance encompasses the methods by which near-Earth objects (NEO) on a potential collision course with Earth could be diverted, preventing
Asteroid_impact_avoidance
Compulsive consumption of negative online news
missing out, increased anxiety, and attempts at gaining control over uncertainty. The practice of doomscrolling can be compared to an older phenomenon
Doomscrolling
Branch of economics
Individualism was negatively correlated with earnings management, and that uncertainty avoidance was positively correlated. Behavioral economist Michael Taillard
Cultural_economics
Specialization in anthropology and sister sciences
cultural values could be analyzed: individualism-collectivism; uncertainty avoidance; power distance (strength of social hierarchy) and masculinity-femininity
Cross-cultural_studies
Electronic customer relationship management
Electronic Markets 19(2-3) 69-70. Yujong Hwang (2009) The impact of uncertainty avoidance, social norms and innovativeness on trust and ease of use in electronic
ECRM
Identification, evaluation and control of risks
occurring. Risks can come from various sources (i.e, threats) including uncertainty in international markets, political instability, dangers of project failures
Risk_management
Strategy of avoiding accountably or liability
In psychology and philosophy, willful ignorance is the deliberate avoidance of relevant information or knowledge (i.e., choosing not to know), often because
Willful_ignorance
American psychologist and marketing researcher
pp. 128–142. Reimann, M., Lünemann, U.F. and Chase, R.B., 2008. Uncertainty avoidance as a moderator of the relationship between perceived service quality
Martin_Reimann
Irish corporate tax avoidance tool
arrangement was a base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) corporate tax avoidance tool used mainly by United States multinationals between the late 1980s
Double_Irish_arrangement
Process of planning for inheritance of property
and may include legal tax avoidance. Estate planning includes planning for incapacity, reducing or eliminating uncertainties over the administration of
Estate_planning
Love madness or intense infatuation
that can be difficult to escape. Tennov argues that some situational uncertainty is required for the mental preoccupation and feelings to intensify, for
Limerence
Aspect of decision and prospect theories
connections between amygdala nuclei and the striatum controlling the avoidance of aversive events. There are functional differences between the right
Loss_aversion
Psychological disorder of morality
form of excessive prayers, obsessive study of religious doctrine, or avoidance of religious obligations and objects. Individuals with scrupulosity often
Scrupulosity
Sexual but not romantic relationship
was expanded upon to explain concepts of relational uncertainty, interdependence, emotions, avoidance of discussing the relationship, and feelings of satisfaction
Friends_with_benefits
Process to choose a course of action
and not think. Decision avoidance is when a person evades the situation entirely by not ever making a decision. Decision avoidance is different from analysis
Decision-making
Umbrella term in the business world
financial performance in European countries: The moderating effects of uncertainty avoidance and social trust". Human Resource Management. 58 (6): 641–655. doi:10
Economics_of_participation
Initiative against tax avoidance
shifting (OECD project) took it over in the context of combatting tax avoidance. In 2015, Country-by-Country Reporting was formally adopted in Action
Country-by-Country_Reporting
Monitoring and controlling the behavior of AI systems
can be reduced by formally verifying the design of the AI box. Shutdown avoidance (or shutdown resistance) is a hypothetical self-preserving quality of
AI_capability_control
Hypothesis that human replicas elicit revulsion
those traits. Pathogen avoidance: Uncanny stimuli may activate a cognitive mechanism that originally evolved to motivate the avoidance of potential sources
Uncanny_valley
Fear in response to anticipated events
anticipatory anxiety. The severity of the anxiety serves as an indicator for avoidance behaviour in panic disorder and agoraphobia. People experiencing anticipated
Anticipatory_anxiety
Number assigned to food
conclude that insulin indices may be useful for dietary management and avoidance of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and hyperlipidemia. In the
Insulin_index
Basic emotion induced by a perceived threat
exhibiting reflexive defensive behaviors—your fear may be their withdrawal, avoidance, or defensiveness. It is therefore no surprise that human fear, along
Fear
Persistent thoughts about sexual activity
contact with anything that can cause them to have anxiety, or "spike". Such avoidance may include: Not looking at (for instance) another member of the same
Sexual_obsessions
Measure for hazard from asteroid or comet impacts on Earth
the 3-sigma uncertainty margin will be much bigger than the nominal close encounter distance. With additional observations, the uncertainty will decrease
Torino_scale
Stress-relieving activity
restorative safety behaviors. These behaviors are also known as "emotional avoidance behaviors". These behaviors are aimed to reduce fear or anxiety in future
Safety_behaviors_(anxiety)
Fear of travel
disproportionate to the actual danger involved and leads to significant avoidance or distress. Hodophobia should not be confused with travel aversion. Acute
Hodophobia
Representation of the relationship between taxation and government revenue
to avoid tax), then the revenues raised under tax avoidance can be greater than without avoidance, and thus the Laffer curve maximum is found to be farther
Laffer_curve
House elections for the 72nd U.S. Congress
Campaigns. ▌Stevens, Susan. "The Congressional Elections of 1930: Politics of Avoidance" in Milton Plesur, ed., American Historian: Essays to Honor Selig Adler
1930 United States House of Representatives elections
1930_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections
System used in psychology
Extravagance (NS3) Disorderliness (NS4) Harm avoidance (HA) Anticipatory worry (HA1) Fear of uncertainty (HA2) Shyness (HA3) Fatigability (HA4) Reward
Temperament and Character Inventory
Temperament_and_Character_Inventory
controlled, extended or poorly timed silence may be interpreted as avoidance, uncertainty, or disengagement. Strategic silence is not without risks and limitations
Strategic_silence
processing, including interpretation, memory, motivation (e.g., approach–avoidance behaviors), and attributional style. The early success of the procedures
Cognitive_bias_modification
places great emphasis on dealing with uncertainty from sensor and modeling errors. Unlike other obstacle avoidance algorithms, VFH takes into account the
Vector_Field_Histogram
Multinational tax avoidance tools
Base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) is a category of corporate tax avoidance strategies used by multinationals to "shift" profits from higher-tax jurisdictions
Base erosion and profit shifting
Base_erosion_and_profit_shifting
Attempt made by investors to avoid negative financial information
cognitive dissonance and avoid seeking it to reduce discomfort. This avoidance is the ostrich effect. The opposite, seeking information consistent with
Ostrich_effect
Logarithmic scale in astronomy
the authors give a rather large uncertainty (once in 400 to 1800 years for 10 megatonnes), due in part to uncertainties in determining the energies of
Palermo_scale
Risk-listed near-Earth asteroid
March 2025 indicate that it has a diameter of 60 m (200 ft), with an uncertainty of 7 m (23 ft). This makes 2024 YR4 around the same size as the asteroid
2024_YR4
Artificial intelligence field of study
thought leaders formulated principles for beneficial AI including "Race Avoidance: Teams developing AI systems should actively cooperate to avoid corner-cutting
AI_safety
2024 book by Jonathan Birch
University Press. The book examines ethical and policy questions arising from uncertainty about sentience, which Birch defines as the capacity for valenced experiences
The_Edge_of_Sentience
Thoughts, images, emotions, and actions of a pessimistic nature
concentrating, irritability, muscle tension and sleep disturbance. The avoidance model of worry (AMW) theorizes that worry is a verbal linguistic, thought
Worry
Rules and methods for pricing transactions between enterprises under common ownership
pricing is sometimes inaccurately presented by commentators as a tax avoidance practice or technique (transfer mispricing), the term refers to a set
Transfer_pricing
Ability to experience feelings and sensations
for food and water, shelter and companionship, freedom of movement and avoidance of pain.[b] Animal welfare advocates typically argue that sentient beings
Sentience
Cognitive tendency where lack of information affects decision making
either . Most people favour ambiguity-aversion (47% favoured ambiguity avoidance compared to 19% for ambiguity seeking) . Ellsberg’s experiments challenged
Ambiguity_effect
Form of taxation in the United States
tax (20%) and accumulated earnings tax (20%) remain in force as anti-avoidance backstops. State corporate tax rates in 2026 range from a 2.0% flat rate
Corporate tax in the United States
Corporate_tax_in_the_United_States
Generalization of a Markov decision process
Kochenderfer, Mykel J. (2015). "Optimized Airborne Collision Avoidance". Decision Making Under Uncertainty. The MIT Press. pp. 249–276. ISBN 978-0-262-33170-8
Partially observable Markov decision process
Partially_observable_Markov_decision_process
corporate tax avoidance, and who traditional tax havens (e.g. Caribbean tax havens) increasingly rely on to source corporate tax avoidance flows; Tax haven
Corporation tax in the Republic of Ireland
Corporation_tax_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland
Refusal to communicate with someone who desires communication
attention, or a feeling of power from creating uncertainty for the victim. Unfortunately, the avoidance of conflict in the form of silent treatment is
Silent_treatment
Any event causing instability and danger
decisive stage in the progress of anything", especially a period of uncertainty or difficulty, without necessarily having the implication of a decision-point
Crisis
Concept in celestial mechanics
0000000001)×1020 m3⋅s−2. The relative uncertainty in GM☉, cited at below 10−10 as of 2015, is smaller than the uncertainty in GM🜨 because GM☉ is derived from
Standard gravitational parameter
Standard_gravitational_parameter
American actress (1946–2025)
playing matriarchs of middle-class families. Of her role choices and avoidance of becoming typecast, she said: "Most often a particular role does you
Diane_Keaton
United Kingdom tax law for individuals paid through personal service companies
with simpler measures that prevent tax avoidance but do not place undue administrative burdens or uncertainty on the self-employed, or restrict labour
IR35
Belief in the connection of unrelated events
affect the world. This type of wish fulfillment thinking can result in the avoidance of talking about certain subjects ("Speak of the devil and he'll appear")
Magical_thinking
UNCERTAINTY AVOIDANCE
UNCERTAINTY AVOIDANCE
Girl/Female
Hindu
Certainty, Confidence
Surname or Lastname
English of uncertain origin.
English of uncertain origin. : of uncertain origin. Reaney and Wilson cite 13th- and 14th-century examples such as Richard Averil, which they associate with the name of the month (see April; the Old French word Avrill was taken into Middle English as Averil before being altered under Latin influence to April).English of uncertain origin. : As a North American surname, it may be a habitational name from Haverhill in Suffolk, which is probably named from Old English hafri ‘oats’ + hyll ‘hill’. The traditional English pronunciation of this place name was Have-rill. Compare Avery.English of uncertain origin. : William Averill (c.1590–1635) brought his family from Worcestershire, England, to VA in 1635.
Female
Egyptian
, an uncertain goddess.
Male
Egyptian
, an uncertain deity.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Nischitha | நீஸà¯à®šà¯€à®¤à®¾Â
Certainty, Confidence
Nischitha | நீஸà¯à®šà¯€à®¤à®¾Â
Biblical
[uncertain derivation]; olive tree
Surname or Lastname
English of uncertain origin; possibly
English of uncertain origin; possibly : of uncertain origin; possibly: habitational name from an unidentified place named with Old English hwīt ‘white’ + ēg ‘island’ or (ge)hæg ‘enclosure’.English of uncertain origin; possibly : nickname for someone with unusually pale eyes, from Middle English whit ‘white’ + eye ‘eye’.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Nischita | நீஸà¯à®šà¯€à®¤à®¾
Certainty, Confidence
Nischita | நீஸà¯à®šà¯€à®¤à®¾
Female
Egyptian
, an uncertain goddess.
Female
Egyptian
, an uncertain goddess.
Female
Egyptian
, an uncertain goddess.
Female
Egyptian
, an uncertain goddess.
Surname or Lastname
English (Kent) of uncertain derivation
English (Kent) of uncertain derivation : of uncertain derivation: it could be a topographic name for someone living in an area planted with bushes, French bussière, or a habitational name from any of various minor places in Essex, perhaps named with this word.English (Kent) of uncertain derivation : alternatively it may be a nickname for a heavy drinker, from an agent derivative of Middle English bouse(n) ‘to drink’, ‘to booze’ (from Middle Dutch bÅ«sen) or Middle English bous, boos ‘intoxicating drink’ (from Middle Dutch bÅ«se).English (Kent) of uncertain derivation : lastly, it could be an occupational name for a stockman, from a derivative of Middle English bos(e), buse ‘stall for livestock’, ‘cowstall’, ‘manger’ (from Old English bÅs).
Surname or Lastname
English and Irish of uncertain origin
English and Irish of uncertain origin : of uncertain origin: perhaps from a Norman nickname for a stubborn person, from Old French tirel, used of an animal which pulls on the reins, a derivative of tirer ‘to pull’.English and Irish of uncertain origin : Woulfe suggests that it may be from the personal name Thurold, Old Norse Thorvaldr, composed of the elements þórr, name of the Norse god of thunder (see Thor) + valdr ‘rule’.
Surname or Lastname
English of uncertain origin.
English of uncertain origin. : of uncertain origin. Perhaps a topographic name for someone who lived near a fig tree, or a metonymic occupational name for someone who sold figs, from Old French figue (Latin ficus).English of uncertain origin. : Reaney has it as a variant of Fitch.English of uncertain origin. : It may also be from an unidentified personal name.
Female
Egyptian
, an uncertain goddess.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Certainty, Confidence
Surname or Lastname
English of much discussed but uncertain origin.
English of much discussed but uncertain origin. : of much discussed but uncertain origin. It may be from a medieval personal name, but if so the form is unclear.English of much discussed but uncertain origin. : Alternatively, it may be a nickname for a quarrelsome or deceitful person, from Middle English bar(r)et(t)e, bar(r)at ‘trouble’, ‘strife’, ‘deception’, ‘cheating’ (Old French barat ‘commerce’, ‘dealings’, a derivative of barater ‘to haggle’). It is possible that the original sense of barat survived unrecorded into Middle English as a word for a market trader; the Italian cognate Baratta has this sense. It could also be a nickname or metonymic occupational name from Old French barette ‘cap’, ‘bonnet’.
Male
Egyptian
, an uncertain deity.
Surname or Lastname
English (Suffolk) of uncertain derivation;
English (Suffolk) of uncertain derivation; : of uncertain derivation; perhaps from a reduced form of the personal name Dominicus (see Dominick).English (Suffolk) of uncertain derivation; : alternatively, as Reaney proposes, it may be from the Breton personal name Menguy, a compound of men ‘stone’ + ki ‘dog’.
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Girl/Female
Greek Italian
Reaper.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Friendly, Of good company
Boy/Male
Irish
Valour; high honor.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
One who Swims Across the Dreadful World Ocean
Female
Arthurian
, wife of Lanzelet.
Girl/Female
Australian, Greek, Russian
Light; Torch; Moon Elope
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Son of the Lord of the Mountains
Girl/Female
Tamil
Knowledge of poet
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Bright Girl
Boy/Male
Tamil
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n.
Doubt; uncertainty.
n.
Absence of confidence; uncertainty; doubt.
n.
The quality or state of being uncertain.
n.
Possibility; uncertainty.
v. i.
Uncertainty of condition.
n.
Certainty.
a.
Uncertainty; instability.
a.
To make uncertain.
adv.
In an uncertain manner.
n.
Uncertainty; doubtfulness; doubt.
n.
Doubtfulness; uncertainty; doubt.
n.
Doubt; uncertainty.
n.
That which is uncertain; something unknown.
n.
Uncertainty.
pl.
of Uncertainty
n.
Certainty.
n.
Uncertainty of event or issue.
n.
Uncertainty of meaning; ambiguity; indefiniteness.
a.
Irresolute; inconsonant; variable; untrustworthy; as, an uncertain person; an uncertain breeze.
n.
Inexactness; uncertainty; as, geographical inexactitude.