| Main Entry: | bigotry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intolerance, prejudice |
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Jim Crowism, bias, discrimination, dogmatism, fanaticism, injustice, narrow-mindedness, partiality, provincialism, racialism, racism, sectarianism, sexism, unfairness |
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broad-mindedness, fairness, open-mindedness, tolerance |
| Main Entry: | certainty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | positive assurance |
Synonyms: |
all sewn up, authoritativeness, belief, certitude, cinch, confidence, conviction, credence, definiteness, dogmatism, faith, firmness, indubitableness, inevitability, lock*, lockup, open and shut case, positiveness, positivism, rain or shine, setup, shoo-in, staunchness, steadiness, stock, store, sure bet, sure thing, surefire, sureness, surety, trust, validity, wrap-up |
| Notes: | certitude is a measure of a person's positive feeling about something; certainty is a measure of the degree to which a process or development may be realized |
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ambiguity, doubt, hesitation, questionableness, uncertainty |
| Main Entry: | determination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | perseverance |
Synonyms: |
assurance, backbone*, boldness, bravery, certainty, certitude, constancy, conviction, courage, dauntlessness, decision, dedication, doggedness, dogmatism, drive, energy, fearlessness, firm-ness, fortitude, grit, guts*, hardihood, heart*, independence, indomitability, intrepidity, nerve*, obstinacy, persistence, pluck, purpose, purposefulness, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, self-confidence, single-mindedness, spine, spunk*, steadfastness, stiff upper lip, stubbornness, tenacity, valor, willpower |
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disinterest, doubt, hesitation, irresolution, spinelessness, vacillation |
| Main Entry: | intolerance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lack of willingness to tolerate |
Synonyms: |
bigotry, dogmatism, narrow-mindedness, prejudice |
| Main Entry: | pedantry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sophistry |
Synonyms: |
bookishness, dogmatism, exactness, meticulousness, pedagogery, precision, pretension |
| Main Entry: | bigotry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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self, arbitrary, bigoted, case, cross, dogged, dogmatic, hard, heady, hidebound, immovable, impersuasible, impervious, impervious to reason, impracticable, incorrigible, inert, infatuated, inflexible, intractable, mulish, not to be moved, obdurate, obstinate, obstinate as a mule, perverse, pervicacious, pig, prejudiced, prepossessed, recalcitrant, refractory, restiff, restive, resty, stiff, stiff, sulky, sullen, tenacious, unaffected, unchangeable, uninfluenced, unmoved, unpersuadible, unruly, untractable, unyielding, wayward, willful
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| Main Entry: | certainty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
self, ascertained, assured, authentic, authoriative, avoidless, axiomatic, categorical, certain, clear, conclusive, decided, decisive, definite, definitive, determinate, doubtless, evident, incontestable, incontrovertible, indefeasible, indisputable, indubious, indubitable, inevitable, infallible, insured, irrefutable, iwis, known, official, positive, questionless, reliable, sure, trustworthy, unavoidable, unchangeable, uncontested, undeniable, undisputed, undoubted, unequivocal, unerring, unimpeachable, unmistakable, unqualified, unquestionable, unquestioned, well founded, ywis
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| Main Entry: | determination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
self, bent upon, decided, definitive, determined, earnest, firm, game to the backbone, indomitable, inexorable, inflexible, intent upon, iron, not to be put down, not to be shaken, obstinate, peremptory, pertinacious, proof against, relentless, resolute, resolved, set upon, staunch, steady, steeled against, strong, trenchant, unflinching, unhesitating, unshrinking
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| Concept: | Certainty. |
| Category: | Degrees of Evidence |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
certainty; necessity; certitude, surety, assurance; dead certainty, moral certainty; infallibleness; infallibility, reliability; indubitableness, inevitableness, unquestionableness., gospel, scripture, church, pope, court of final appeal; res judicata, ultimatum positiveness; dogmatism, dogmatist, dogmatizer; doctrinaire, bigot, opinionist, Sir Oracle; ipse dixit., fact; positive fact, matter of fact; fait accompli.
-verbs
be certain; stand to reason., render certain; insure, ensure, assure; clinch, make sure; determine, decide, set at rest, "make assurance double sure" [Macbeth]; know (believe)., dogmatize, lay down the law.
-adjectives
certain, sure, assured; solid, well-founded., unqualified, absolute, positive, determinate, definite, clear, unequivocal, categorical, unmistakable, decisive, decided, ascertained., inevitable, unavoidable, avoidless; ineluctable., unerring, infallible; unchangeable; to be depended on, trustworthy, reliable, bound., unimpeachable, undeniable, unquestionable; indisputable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indubitable; irrefutable (proven); conclusive, without power of appeal., indubious; without doubt, beyond a doubt, without a shade or shadow of doubt, without question, beyond question; past dispute; clear as day; beyond all question, beyond all dispute; undoubted, uncontested, unquestioned, undisputed; questionless, doubtless., authoritative, authentic, official.
-adverbs
certainly; for certain, certes, sure, no doubt, doubtless, and no mistake, flagrante delicto, sure enough, to be sure, of course, as a matter of course , a coup sur, to a certainty; in truth (truly); at any rate, at all events; without fail; coute que coute, coute qu'il coute; whatever may happen, if the worst come to the worst; come what may, happen what may, come what will; sink or swim; rain or shine.
-phrases
cela va sans dire; there is no question, not a shadow of doubt; the die is cast (necessity); " facts are stubborn things [Smollett].
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Antonyms: |
uncertainty |
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