absolute certainty
Complete confident knowledge
Absolute certainty is complete confidence without any doubt—the state of knowing something beyond all question.
The phrase often appears in contexts where such certainty is impossible or unwise: We can't know with absolute certainty what caused the accident.
In philosophy and law, absolute certainty sets an impossibly high standard, which is why legal systems settle for "beyond reasonable doubt" instead.
- certaintyTotal absence of doubt
- convictionFirmly held belief
- surenessAbsence of uncertainty
- moral certaintyFirm ethical conviction
- undeniableImpossible to contradict
definite · indisputable · beyond a shadow of a doubt · unquestionable · proof · truth · knowing · confident · sure thing · unwavering · doubtless · guaranteed · bet the farm · inevitable · ironclad · airtight · slam dunk · conclusive
absolute certaintyagnosticism
Doubt about divine existence
skepticism · incredulity · disbelief · dubiousness · tentativeness
absolute certaintyindeterminacy
Lack of fixed outcome
chaos · randomness · unpredictability · contingency · volatility
absolute certaintyuncertainty
State of being unsure
contingency · indeterminism · ambiguity · flux · volatility
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