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indeterminacy noun[ U ] uk /ˌɪn.dɪˈtɜː.mɪ.nə.si/ us /ˌɪn.dɪˈtɝː.mɪ.nə.si/ the state of not being measured, counted, or clearly known: 不确定性;不明确性 A sort of moral indeterminacy has always been at the centre of his art.道德上的不确定性一直是他艺术创作的核心。 He is bothered by the indeterminacy that quantum theory ascribes to the physical world. See
indeterminate As a novelist and playwright, he is attuned to the indeterminacy of the inner world. In complex issues, uncertainty, ignorance, and indeterminacy are always present. The meanings of modal words involve an element of indeterminacy that somewhat resembles ambiguity. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Uncertainty amorphous be neither fish nor fowlidiom blurringly blurry circumstantial indeterminate indeterminately insecurely insecurity interrogatively murky shakiness shallowly slippery spec squishy wavery wifty wishy-washy you never knowidiom |