dubiosity

dubiosity

English

Noun

dubiosity (countable and uncountable, plural dubiosities)

1. (rare) The state or characteristic of being dubious; a dubious assertion.
   • 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, London: Edw. Dod & Nath. Ekins, 1650, Book I, Chapter 5, p. 12,

     […] men often swallow falsities for truths, dubiosities for certainties, sensibilities for possibilities, and things impossible as possibilities themselves.

   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, episode 16,

     Possibly perceiving an expression of dubiosity on their faces, the globetrotter went on adhering to his adventures.

Synonyms

• dubiety
• dubiousness