determinacy
noun
de·ter·mi·na·cy
di-ˈtər-mə-nə-sē 
plural determinacies
1
: the quality or state of being determinate
2
a
: the state of being definitely and unequivocally characterized : exactness
b
: the state of being determined or necessitated
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There are, after all, other ways to resolve under-determinacy without directly applying substantive moral principles.
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J. Joel Alicea, National Review, 3 May 2022
Those principles, along with historical analysis, will resolve a great deal of apparent under-determinacy.
—J. Joel Alicea, National Review, 3 May 2022
The iron determinacy of combustion; the vagaries of human capacity and choice.
—Longreads, 9 May 2017
J. Joel Alicea, National Review, 3 May 2022
Those principles, along with historical analysis, will resolve a great deal of apparent under-determinacy.
—J. Joel Alicea, National Review, 3 May 2022
The iron determinacy of combustion; the vagaries of human capacity and choice.
—Longreads, 9 May 2017
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Word History
First Known Use
1873, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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