certitude

IPA: sˈɝtʌtud

Examples of "certitude" in Sentences

All eyes, however, were staring at him in certitude of expectancy.
This sort of moral certitude is exactly what turns off many veteran teachers in Washington.
This is also the first time I have publicly used the word certitude since hearing it for the first time a few days ago.
I hope in an era where sound bites pass for wisdom and where certitude is somehow a virtue that readers will reflect a little on the ambiguities of the human heart.
It is worthy of notice, as regards the use of English terms, that Newman reserves the term certitude for the state of mind, and employs the word certainty to describe the condition of the evidence of a proposition.