CERTITUDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does certitude mean? 

• CERTITUDE (noun)
  The noun CERTITUDE has 1 sense:

1. total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant

  Familiarity information: CERTITUDE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CERTITUDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

certitude; cocksureness; overconfidence

Hypernyms ("certitude" is a kind of...):

certainty (the state of being certain)

 Context examples 

He knew his friend had always plenty of money, and he knew also, with profound certitude, that his success would enable him to repay it.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

This certitude was shown by the whole pack.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

He felt a wild desire to run after them, a certitude that he could run them down.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

He was splendidly muscled, a heavy man, and though he strode with the certitude and directness of the physical man, there was nothing heavy about his stride.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

He broke into the long easy lope, and went on, hour after hour, never at loss for the tangled way, heading straight home through strange country with a certitude of direction that put man and his magnetic needle to shame.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Her fear was such that it was certitude.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Swiftness and certitude require strength, and the man had not this strength.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

And still the bull-dog, with grim certitude, toiled after him.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

But a voice behind me, the unmistakable voice of Wolf Larsen, strong with the invincible certitude of the man and mellow with appreciation of the words he was quoting, aroused me.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

One thing he knew with absolute certitude: "Ephemera" was infinitely greater than anything he had done.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)