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

An automated evaluator checked each design for correctness and scored its resource requirements.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
Wake Up, which covered topics like her unique upbringing as part of a large, ex-Hasidic Jewish family, political correctness, gender identity and pronouns, wealth, Hollywood success and more.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of correctness

Noun

Bajaria asked Sarandos point-blank whether there was truth to the rumors gaining stream — and Sarandos, who it’s believed was originally going to break the news on Monday, told her at that moment.

— Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 17 Oct. 2026
As a documentarian, Oppenheim felt that truth is what can be captured through preparation and sometimes by accident on relatively objective devices — cameras, microphones.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of truth

Noun

The company also uses a digital thread of the helicopter’s operational flight program to develop high-fidelity simulations in days rather than years, allowing training systems to keep pace with aircraft modernization.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
And according to showrunner Brad Caleb Kane, there are reasons beyond franchise fidelity for setting the show in the ’70s.

— Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of fidelity

Noun

Scented fleetingly with cinnamon, the dates gently smoked, their rightness with eggs sounds improbable.

— Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
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

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

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