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dubiety

English

Noun

dubiety (countable and uncountable, plural dubieties)

  1. (uncountable) Doubtfulness.
  2. (countable) A particular instance of doubt or uncertainty.
    • 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, ch. 2,
      And yet these grim old walls are not a dilettantism and dubiety; they are an earnest fact. It was a most real and serious purpose they were built for!

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dubiosity

English

Noun

dubiosity (countable and uncountable, plural dubiosities)

  1. (rare) The state or characteristic of being dubious; a dubious assertion.
    • 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, London: Edw. Dod & Nath. Ekins, 1650, Book I, Chapter 5, p. 12,[1]
      [] men often swallow falsities for truths, dubiosities for certainties, sensibilities for possibilities, and things impossible as possibilities themselves.
    • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, episode 16,
      Possibly perceiving an expression of dubiosity on their faces, the globetrotter went on adhering to his adventures.

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  • dubiety
  • dubiousness

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