DETERMINACY Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

determinacy

noun

Definition of determinacy

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

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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

Around the same time, OpenAI researcher Boris Alexeev managed to formalize the proof, verifying its correctness step-by-step using the programming language Lean.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 24 Sep. 2026
The Greek columns on its facade, south of downtown on the corner of Holman and Austin Streets, proclaimed the stability— the unimpeachable correctness—of one of the city’s most enduring institutions.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of correctness

Noun

Swift appears as the ghost of Farrell’s former wife, warning Johnson about her husband and revealing the dark truth behind his past.

— Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2026
As with the Yale-set After the Hunt, Guadagnino and the production designer Stefano Baisi grew obsessed with verisimilitude as an index of truth.

— E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of truth

Noun

Lay disciples typically uphold the vow of brahmacharya by maintaining fidelity toward their spouse.

— Bhakti Mamtora, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
Birdbuddy's first two cameras, the Nature Cam and Nature Cam Pro, wowed me with sharp detail, smooth 30fps video, and excellent color fidelity.

— Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 27 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

Let strictness with yourself earn your right to high expectations of others.

— Brendan Keegan, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of strictness

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