indetermination

[ in-di-tur-muh-ney-shuh n ]

/ ˌɪn dɪˌtɜr məˈneɪ ʃən /

the quality or condition of being indeterminate.

an unsettled state, as of the mind.

Origin of indetermination

First recorded in 1610–20; indeterminate + -ion

If in the indeterminate, it is evident that it itself is indeterminate, and needs no indetermination to become such.

Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 4 |Plotinos (Plotinus)
As we foreshadowed in the beginning of this work, the rôle of life is to insert some indetermination into matter.

Creative Evolution |Henri Bergson
A living being is "a reservoir of indetermination and unforeseeability."

The Christian Faith Under Modern Searchlights |William Hallock Johnson
But this indetermination cannot be complete; it must leave a certain part to determination.

Creative Evolution |Henri Bergson

This gives rise to an amount of uncertainty, "a zone of indetermination," where hesitation and choice come into play.

Bergson and His Philosophy |J. Alexander Gunn