What does certitude mean?

Definitions for certitude
ˈsɜr tɪˌtud, -ˌtyudcer·ti·tude

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. certitude, cocksureness, overconfidencenoun

    total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant

Wiktionary

  1. certitudenoun

    sureness, certainty

    I have absolute certitude about that.

  2. certitudenoun

    Something that is a certainty.

    Taxes are obviously certitudes.

  3. Etymology: From certitude, from certitudo, from certus

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Certitudenoun

    Certainty; freedom from doubt.

    Etymology: certitudo, Lat.

    They thought at first they dream’d; for ’twas offence
    With them, to question certitude of sense. Dryden.

    There can be no majus and minus in the certitude we have of things, whether by mathematick demonstration, or any other way of consequence. Nehemiah Grew, Cosmologia Sacra, b. ii. c. iv. § 2.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Certitudenoun

    freedom from doubt; assurance; certainty

  2. Etymology: [LL. certitudo, fr. L. certus: cf. F. certitude. See Certain.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of certitude in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of certitude in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of certitude in a Sentence

  1. Francis Cardinal George, OMI:

    We have to move forward together into a future that is not at all secure except for our certitude that God’s love is constant.

  2. Francois Richier:

    Discussions are taking place, can't say what will be the outcome, it's not finalised yet. It's a complex negotiation. I am hopeful, but hopeful does not mean certitude.

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