incertitude

[ in-sur-ti-tood, -tyood ]

noun

1. uncertainty or doubtfulness.
2. instability or insecurity:

   The incertitude of his position in life caused him to postpone marriage.

incertitude

/ ɪnˈsɜːtɪˌtjuːd /

noun

1. uncertainty; doubt
2. a state of mental or emotional insecurity

Word History and Origins

Origin of incertitude¹

From the Late Latin word incertitūdō, dating back to 1595–1605. See in- ³, certitude

Example Sentences

Like the TVA in "Loki," "Rick and Morty" treats godly matters and incertitude as equal virtues, and makes pondering our relationship with worship as it relates to religions, systems or individuals, completely entertaining.

From Salon

And yet the actor spent much of a recent conversation candidly admitting to ambivalence and incertitude.

From New York Times

But underneath the skepticism, something else nagged at me: the sense that my incertitude was a metastasis of our jittery, gaslit world, where baseline reality is increasingly in dispute.

From New York Times

He also struggled with his writing process, which was characterized by “a generalized incertitude and a growing incapacity.”

From Fox News

But the complete incertitude is especially mind-boggling for British businesses.

From Washington Post