Used in a Sentence

certitude

How to use certitude in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for certitude.

Editorial note

Maybe if they had added a qualifier like "power should be cut" instead of such certitude.

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Quick take

total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant

Meaning at a glance

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noun

total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for certitude.

Example sentences

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Maybe if they had added a qualifier like "power should be cut" instead of such certitude.

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> Your comments reflect all the certitude of someone who has never seen real evil up closeReal evil?

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"Their own certitude of the pretexts upon which they saw me seemed to render them incapable of unconditional love.

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We don't know it's Snowden, but The Guardian is putting its reputation at risk, so I suppose their journalists have some degree of certitude about it.

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Further down in the comments, you indicated it was OK in the case of Nazi Germany since it wasn't "real" law enforcement and it "involves certitude".

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It is clear when someone's arguments have no foundation in modern economic theory and practice, yet these arguments get thrown around with a false sense of certitude.

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I don't think his claims that the rebels are the source of the gas attack are 'perfectly reasonable,' and if you don't sign on to his breezy certitude on this point the rest of his argument falls apart.

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But as a medium of exchange, it must reside on a continuum with all the other media of exchange, ranked by the certitude that it will in the long run be convertible to other media.

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We live with the ambiguity and use other tools to determine what people do via personality testing, statistics, psychology, etc which do not have the false certitude the pseudoscience of phrenology did the same way modern understanding of the world does not have the false certitude that religion delivers.>Gordon Gecko was a fictional villain in 1987 cinemaGecko and non-fictional villains of that age were all baby boomer monotheists, if not extremely faithful churchgoers, and often justified their negative aspects via faith.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use certitude in a sentence?

Maybe if they had added a qualifier like "power should be cut" instead of such certitude.

What does certitude mean?

total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant

What part of speech is certitude?

certitude is commonly used as noun.