different between positiveness vs certitude

English

Etymology

From positive +? -ness.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?z?t?vn?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?z?t?vn?s/

Noun

positiveness (countable and uncountable, plural positivenesses)

1. (uncountable) The quality of being positive; positivity. [from 17th c.]
   • 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society 2008, p. 48:

     Nobody knew anything about it although they all spoke with great positiveness and strategical knowledge.

2. (countable) The result of being positive

Antonyms

• negativeness

English

Etymology

From Middle French certitude, from Late Latin certit?d?, from Latin certus.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?t?t(j)ud/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s??t?tju?d/

Noun

certitude (countable and uncountable, plural certitudes)

1. (uncountable) Sureness, certainty.

   I have absolute certitude about that.

2. (countable) Something that is a certainty.

   Taxes are obviously certitudes.

Synonyms

• certainty (more common)

Related terms

• certain
• sure

Translations

Anagrams

• rectitude

French

Etymology

From Middle French certitude, borrowed from Late Latin certit?d?, from Latin certus (“sure”) + suffix -tudo for noun of state, evolved in -tude in contemporary French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??.ti.tyd/
• Homophone: certitudes
• Hyphenation: cer?ti?tude

Noun

certitude f (plural certitudes)

1. certitude

Synonyms

• assurance

Antonyms

• doute
• incertitude

Further reading

• “certitude” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• rectitude

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin certit?d?, from Latin certus (“sure”).

Noun

certitude f (plural certitudes)

1. certainty (quality of being certain)

Descendants

• French: certitude