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determinacy

noun

Definition of determinacynext
as in definiteness

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Recent Examples of determinacy There are, after all, other ways to resolve under-determinacy without directly applying substantive moral principles. — J. Joel Alicea, National Review, 3 May 2022 The iron determinacy of combustion; the vagaries of human capacity and choice. — Longreads, 9 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for determinacy
  1. definitiveness
  2. correctness
  3. truth
  4. fidelity
  5. rightness
  6. strictness
Noun
  • But Freedom 250 won’t be, White said with a tone of definitiveness Friday night.
    — Mark Puleo, New York Times, 14 June 2026
  • Too many leaders confuse decisiveness with definitiveness—rushing to solve, speak and steer, leaving no room for others.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Definition of definitiveness
Noun
  • Yiannopoulos rose to prominence through his provocative statements criticizing political correctness, feminism and Islam.
    — Chris Arnold, NPR, 29 Aug. 2026
  • This work will examine how the QCIM core can be incorporated into larger chip and system architectures while maintaining performance, interoperability and functional correctness.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of correctness
Noun
  • On the other, the inconvenient truth for the big-spending Premier League that the world’s best players continue to choose Real Madrid and domestic rivals Barcelona over them.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • That is one of many truths expressed by the films of American documentarian Robert Greene, whose work for the past couple of decades has explored the thin line between fiction and reality.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of truth
Noun
  • The company relies on high-fidelity training simulators that replicate an infinite number of outcomes, such as system failures and peak-load scenarios, offline.
    — Miroslav Katsarov, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Labor Day Headphones Deals Apple’s AirPods Max 2 deliver an exceptional combination of high-fidelity acoustics and pro-grade active noise cancellation.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of fidelity
Noun
  • Cool Machine is definitive not only for its sweep but also for the rightness, the evocative precision, of the details that fill its paragraphs like the mystery mix inside the skin of a Gray’s Papaya hot dog.
    — David Hajdu, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026
  • If the Sun is high in the lunar sky during the flyby, there will be few shadows, and the crew will be looking for subtle variations in surface color and rightness.
    — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2026
Definition of rightness
Noun
  • Her clever approach looks at a large number of middle schools in Norway, ranking their divergent smartphone policies across a range from strictness to leniency.
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
  • But their specific details and strictness have modulated between political administrations in recent years.
    — Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 1 June 2026
Definition of strictness

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“Determinacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/determinacy. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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