certainty

1. The state of being certain (synset 105705100)
   "his certainty reassured the others"
   tells us about:

   • certain, sure - having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
   • incertain, uncertain, unsure - lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance
   is a type of: cognitive state, state of mind - the state of a person's cognitive processes
   subtypes:

   • assurance, authority, confidence, self-assurance, self-confidence, sureness - freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
   • certitude, cocksureness, overconfidence - total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant
   • reliance, trust - certainty based on past experience
2. Something that is certain (synset 104760710)
   "his victory is a certainty"
   tells us about:

   • certain - established beyond doubt or question; definitely known
   • uncertain - not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown
   is a type of: quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
   subtypes:

   • cert - an absolute certainty
   • ineluctability, unavoidability - the quality of being impossible to avoid or evade
   • inevitability, inevitableness - the quality of being unavoidable
   • surety - something clearly established
   • indisputability, indubitability, unquestionability, unquestionableness - the quality of being beyond question or dispute or doubt
   • moral certainty - certainty based on an inner conviction
   • predictability - the quality of being predictable
   • slam dunk - something that is a sure to occur; a foregone conclusion
   same as: foregone conclusion, sure thing

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