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unconfidence

noun

Etymology

From un- + confidence.

  1. derived from confidence
  2. derived from cōnfīdentia
  3. inherited from confidence
  4. formed as unconfidence — “un- + confidence”

Definitions

  1. Absence of confidence

    Absence of confidence; uncertainty; doubt.

    • But feelings of confidence and unconfidence are essential guides to our cognitive efforts.

  2. The complement of confidence

    The complement of confidence; the probability that something is not the case.

    • 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for unconfidence. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA