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addubitation

addubitation noun: a doubting; insinuated doubt.

Noun

addubitation (countable and uncountable, plural addubitations)

  1. A doubting; insinuated doubt.
    • That this was not a vniuersall practice, it may appeare by St. Austins addubitation.1619, J. Denison, Heavenly Banquet, page 353
  2. (rhetoric) aporia

Forms of addubitation

pluraladdubitations

Origin of addubitation

From Latin addubitātio (“doubting”), from addubitātus, perfect passive participle of addubitō (“doubt”).

Questions about addubitation

What does addubitation mean?
Addubitation means a doubting; insinuated doubt.
What part of speech is addubitation?
Addubitation is a noun.
What is the plural of addubitation?
The plural of addubitation is addubitations.

Words near addubitation in the dictionary

  1. adds to the list
  2. adds up
  3. adds up to
  4. adds value
  5. Addu
  6. addubitation
  7. addubitations
  8. adducable
  9. adduce
  10. adduceable
  11. adduced

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