Vacillation

/væsɪˈleɪʃən/

Synonyms for "vacillation" (86 found)

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Closest matches (18)

Noun(9 words)

hesitation swing swinging wavering alternation dither dithering dithers doubt

alteration alternation capriciousness chance chanciness changeableness dallying demurral dillydallying

Strong matches (25)

equivocation erraticism erraticness fickleness fluctuation flutter frequencyfrequency bandfrequency spectrumharmonic motionhesitancy hesitation incalculability incertitude indecision indecisiveness indemonstrability indeterminacy indetermination indeterminism

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irresolution libration

Noun(3 words)

fluctuation inconstancy indecision

Related words (43)

luck nutation oscillation pendulation periodicity randomness resonanceresonance frequencyseesawing shiftingshilly shallyingshilly-shally shilly-shallying shuffling suspense suspensefulness teeter-tottering teetering tottering unaccountability

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uncertainness uncertaintyuncertainty principleundecidedness undeterminedness unforeseeableness unpredictability unprovability unsureness unverifiability variation vibrancy vibratility vibration vicissitude wavering whimsicality wobbling

Noun(5 words)

oscillation waffling waver wobble wobbles

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5 relation types

More general

9 entries

changecognitive processindecision indecisiveness irresolutionmental statemotion move movement

More specific

4 entries

cyclic changeditheringperiodic swingstalling

Collocations

6 entries

acute vacillationeconomic vacillationmoral vacillationpersistent vacillationpolitical vacillationstrategic vacillation

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

3 entries

vacillate vacillator vacillatory

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