Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
484. dogmatize, lay down the law. Adj. certain, sure, assured &c. v.;
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solid, well-founded. unqualified, absolute, positive, determinate,
definite, clear, unequivocal, categorical, unmistakable, decisive,
decided, ascertained. inevitable, unavoidable, avoidless[obs3];
ineluctable. unerring, infallible; unchangeable &c. 150; to be depended
on, trustworthy, reliable, bound. unimpeachable, undeniable,
unquestionable; indisputable, incontestable, incontrovertible,
indubitable; irrefutable &c. (proven) 478; conclusive, without power of
appeal. indubious[obs3]; 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[obs3], doubtless.
authoritative, authentic, official. sure as fate, sure as death and
taxes, sure as a gun. evident, self-evident, axiomatic; clear, clear as
day, clear as the sun at noonday. Adv. certainly &c. adj.; for certain,
certes[Lat], sure, no doubt, doubtless, and no mistake, flagrante
delicto[Lat], sure enough, to be sure, of course, as a matter of
course, a coup sur, to a certainty; in truth &c. (truly) 494; at any
rate, at all events; without fail; coute que coute[Fr], coute qu'il
coute[Fr]; 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.
Phr. cela va sans dire[Fr]; there is -no question, - not a shadow of
doubt; the die is cast &c. (necessity) 601; "facts are stubborn things"
[Smollett].
#475. Uncertainty.—N. uncertainty, incertitude, doubt; doubtfulness
&c. adj.; dubiety, dubitation[obs3], dubitancy|, dubitousness[obs3].
hesitation, suspense; perplexity, embarrassment, dilemma, bewilderment;
timidity &c. (fear) 860; vacillation &c. 605; diaporesis[obs3],
indetermination. vagueness &c. adj.; haze, fog; obscurity &c.
(darkness) 421; ambiguity &c. (double meaning) 520; contingency,
dependence, dependency, double contingency, possibility upon a
possibility; open question &c. (question) 461; onus probandi[Lat];
blind bargain, pig in a poke, leap in the dark, something or other;
needle in a haystack, needle in a bottle of hay; roving commission.
precariousness &c. adj.; fallibility. V. be uncertain &c. adj.; wonder
whether. lose the clue, lose the clew, scent; miss one's way. not know
what to make of &c. (unintelligibility) 519, not know which way to
turn, not know whether one stands on one's head or one's heels; float
in a sea of doubt,hesitate, flounder; lose oneself, lose one's head;
muddle one's brains. render uncertain &c. adj.; put out, pose, puzzle,
perplex, embarrass; confuse, confound; bewilder, bother, molder, addle
the wits, throw off the scent, ambiguas in vulgus spargere voces[Lat];
keep in suspense. doubt &c. (disbelieve) 485; hang in the balance,
tremble in the balance; depend. Adj. uncertain; casual; random &c.
(aimless) 621; changeable &c. 149. doubtful, dubious; indecisive;
unsettled, undecided, undetermined; in suspense, open to discussion;
controvertible; in question &c. (inquiry) 461. vague; indeterminate,
indefinite; ambiguous, equivocal; undefined, undefinable; confused &c.
(indistinct) 447; mystic, oracular; dazed. perplexing &c. v.;
enigmatic, paradoxical, apocryphal, problematical, hypothetical;
experimental &c. 463. unpredictable, unforeseeable (unknowable) 519.
fallible, questionable, precarious, slippery, ticklish, debatable,
disputable; unreliable, untrustworthy. contingent, contingent on,
dependent on; subject to; dependent on circumstances; occasional;
provisional. unauthentic, unauthenticated, unauthoritative;
unascertained, unconfirmed; undemonstrated; untold, uncounted. in a
state of uncertainty, in a cloud, in a maze; bushed, off the track;
ignorant.&c. 491; afraid to say; out of one's reckoning, astray,
adrift; at sea, at fault, at a loss, at one's wit's end, at a nonplus;
puzzled &c. v.; lost, abroad, dsorient; distracted, distraught. Adv.
pendente lite[Lat]; sub spe rati[Lat]. Phr. Heaven knows; who can tell?
who shall decide when doctors disagree? ambiguas in vulgum spargere
voces[Lat].
SECTION IV. REASONING PROCESSES
#476. Reasoning,—N. {ant. 477} reasoning, ratiocination, rationalism;
dialectics, induction, generalization. discussion, comment;
ventilation; inquiry &c. 461. argumentation, controversy, debate;
polemics, wrangling; contention &c. 720 logomachy[obs3]; disputation,
disceptation[obs3]; paper war. art of reasoning, logic. process of
reasoning, train of reasoning, chain of reasoning; deduction,
induction, abduction; synthesis, analysis. argument; case,
plaidoyer[obs3], opening; lemma, proposition, terms, premises,
postulate, data, starting point, principle; inference &c. (judgment)
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