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FLIGHTINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flightiness mean? 

FLIGHTINESS (noun)
  The noun FLIGHTINESS has 1 sense:

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

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


 Dictionary entry details 


FLIGHTINESS (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 ("flightiness" 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:

flighty (guided by whim and fancy)


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