indefiniteness
/ˌɪn.dɪˈfɪn.ɪt.nəs/ · in·de·fin·i·tine·ss
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- The quality or condition of being indefinite; lack of precise definition, certainty, or limits. The poet embraced the indefiniteness of the night sky, finding beauty in its unbounded mystery.
- A philosophical or linguistic term referring to the absence of a fixed referent or clear meaning. In his lecture on language, the professor warned students about the pitfalls of indefiniteness in legal contracts.
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Did you know? The term 'indefiniteness' was famously used by Ludwig Wittgenstein to critique the vague boundaries of language in his early work, the 'Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus'.