indeterminacy
noun [ U ] uk/ˌɪn.dɪˈtɜː.mɪ.nə.si/ us/ˌɪn.dɪˈtɝː.mɪ.nə.si/
不确定性;不明确性
the state of not being measured, counted, or clearly known
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
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- 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.