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ARBITRARINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arbitrariness mean? 

ARBITRARINESS (noun)
  The noun ARBITRARINESS has 1 sense:

1. the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgmentplay

  Familiarity information: ARBITRARINESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ARBITRARINESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

arbitrariness; capriciousness; flightiness; whimsey; whimsicality; whimsy

Context example:

I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory

Hypernyms ("arbitrariness" is a kind of...):

irresponsibility; irresponsibleness (a form of untrustworthiness; the trait of lacking a sense of responsibility and not feeling accountable for your actions)

Derivation:

arbitrary (based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice)


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