suspension of judgment
Refusing premature certainty
Suspension of judgment is the deliberate choice to withhold belief or opinion until sufficient evidence is available.
The phrase implies restraint—resisting the impulse to conclude prematurely: The jury was instructed to maintain suspension of judgment until all testimony was heard.
In philosophy, it describes the skeptic's practice of refusing to affirm or deny claims that cannot be definitively proven.
- doubtLack of firm belief
- second thoughtsDoubts after deciding
- agnosticismDoubt about divine existence
- open-mindednessAcceptance of differing viewpoints
- open mindAbsence of prejudgment
benefit of the doubt · withholding · holding back · uncertainty · pause · wait and see · hesitation · skepticism · neutrality · bracketing · detachment · impartiality · deliberation · waiting · equanimity · fence-sitting · on the fence · ambivalence
suspension of judgmentcertainty
Total absence of doubt
conviction · dogmatism · dogma · conclusiveness · certitude
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Rapid evaluation without deliberation
hasty conclusion · jumping to conclusions · hasty decision · rush to judgment · knee-jerk reaction
suspension of judgmentclosed-mindedness
Refusal to consider other views
dogmatism · narrow-mindedness · prejudice · bias · bigotry
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