Unconfidence
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Absence of confidence; uncertainty; doubt. uncountable
"I think what we see here is a spiral of unconfidence because by listening to you, reporters and mass media people, I sense that you do not have a strong confidence about what you report and you don't have confidence to tell the government what to do ."
- 2 The complement of confidence; the probability that something is not the case. uncountable
"Obviously If P ( Hᵢ / E ) > P ( Hᵢ) then we can say that by evidence E the confidence of H by the expert is increased and at the same time the unconfidence of Hᵢ is decreased."
Example
More examples"I think what we see here is a spiral of unconfidence because by listening to you, reporters and mass media people, I sense that you do not have a strong confidence about what you report and you don't have confidence to tell the government what to do ."
Etymology
From un- + confidence.
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