n. The state of being speculative, or of consisting in speculation.
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n. the quality of being a conclusion or opinion based on supposition and conjecture rather than on fact or investigation
n. financial risk
Word Usage
"Pianist Cowley moved toward a more complex and subtle music with his Radio Silence album, a venture beginning with an almost free-improv speculativeness that turns into expansive, Bad Plus-like anthems, flamenco associations, and slowed-down funk."