Certitude
noun
A sureness or confidence in something.
She made her decision with absolute certitude.
Often appears as...
- absolute certitude
- moral certitude
noun
A sureness or confidence in something.
She made her decision with absolute certitude.
Often appears as...
- absolute certitude
- moral certitude
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Confidence Level
Certitude means being 100% sure, without any doubt.
He spoke with certitude about his ability to win the match.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Hypothetical
Use 'certitude' when there's evidence or strong belief, not for guessing or speculation.
After seeing the test results, we have certitude about the diagnosis.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Tone
'Certitude' is more formal, often used in written texts, speeches, or academic discussions.
The scientist expressed certitude about the validity of the new theory.
Pro Tip 1/3Confidence Level
Certitude means being 100% sure, without any doubt.
He spoke with certitude about his ability to win the match.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Hypothetical
Use 'certitude' when there's evidence or strong belief, not for guessing or speculation.
After seeing the test results, we have certitude about the diagnosis.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Tone
'Certitude' is more formal, often used in written texts, speeches, or academic discussions.
The scientist expressed certitude about the validity of the new theory.
Pro Tip 1/3Confidence Level
Certitude means being 100% sure, without any doubt.
He spoke with certitude about his ability to win the match.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Hypothetical
Use 'certitude' when there's evidence or strong belief, not for guessing or speculation.
After seeing the test results, we have certitude about the diagnosis.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Tone
'Certitude' is more formal, often used in written texts, speeches, or academic discussions.
The scientist expressed certitude about the validity of the new theory.
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The gospel of doubt PIPE...
that the questions themselves were wrong. And now, where there was once a mountain of certitude, there was, running right down to its foundation, a spring of doubt, a spring that promised rivers. I can trace the whole drama of my life
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The journey across the...
Trade Center and I developed a certitude a faith that convinced me that I will get safely to the other side if not I will never do that first step well nonetheless on the top of the World
Video examples
The gospel of doubt PIPE...
that the questions themselves were wrong. And now, where there was once a mountain of certitude, there was, running right down to its foundation, a spring of doubt, a spring that promised rivers. I can trace the whole drama of my life
Video examples
The journey across the...
Trade Center and I developed a certitude a faith that convinced me that I will get safely to the other side if not I will never do that first step well nonetheless on the top of the World
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Jared Cohen
American Businessman
It is difficult to predict technology more than 10 years out with any certitude, but what I observe is that change and innovation happens earlier and faster than we expect. We are constantly surprised at what technology can do.
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Peter L. Berger
Austrian Sociologist
The basic fault lines today are not between people with different beliefs but between people who hold these beliefs with an element of uncertainty and people who hold these beliefs with a pretense of certitude.
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Wilhelm Dilthey
German Historian
On the other hand, for the whole human being who wills, feels, and represents, external reality is given simultaneously and with as much certitude as his own self.
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Philippe Petit
French Celebrity
On a very long and very high wire, I will not hope to not be blown off by high winds. I will have the certitude that such could not happen.
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Bret Stephens
American Journalist
We live in a world in which data convey authority. But authority has a way of descending to certitude, and certitude begets hubris.
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Tom Brokaw
American Journalist
People are beginning to doubt the moral certitude of people on the right, especially the far right.
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Joyce Carol Oates
American Novelist
Love is an indescribable sensation - perhaps a conviction, a sense of certitude.
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Jake Sullivan
American Public Servant
Reject cynicism. Reject certitude. And don't be a jerk. Be a good guy.
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Robert Anton Wilson
American Writer
Certitude belongs exclusively to those who only own one encyclopedia.
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Jim Leach
American Politician
Public decision-making does not lend itself to certitude.
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Jared Cohen
American Businessman
It is difficult to predict technology more than 10 years out with any certitude, but what I observe is that change and innovation happens earlier and faster than we expect. We are constantly surprised at what technology can do.
Quote examples
Peter L. Berger
Austrian Sociologist
The basic fault lines today are not between people with different beliefs but between people who hold these beliefs with an element of uncertainty and people who hold these beliefs with a pretense of certitude.
Quote examples
Wilhelm Dilthey
German Historian
On the other hand, for the whole human being who wills, feels, and represents, external reality is given simultaneously and with as much certitude as his own self.
Quote examples
Philippe Petit
French Celebrity
On a very long and very high wire, I will not hope to not be blown off by high winds. I will have the certitude that such could not happen.
Quote examples
Bret Stephens
American Journalist
We live in a world in which data convey authority. But authority has a way of descending to certitude, and certitude begets hubris.
Quote examples
Tom Brokaw
American Journalist
People are beginning to doubt the moral certitude of people on the right, especially the far right.
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Joyce Carol Oates
American Novelist
Love is an indescribable sensation - perhaps a conviction, a sense of certitude.
Quote examples
Jake Sullivan
American Public Servant
Reject cynicism. Reject certitude. And don't be a jerk. Be a good guy.
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Robert Anton Wilson
American Writer
Certitude belongs exclusively to those who only own one encyclopedia.
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Jim Leach
American Politician
Public decision-making does not lend itself to certitude.
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