arbitrariness
Willkürlichkeit, Willkür, Arbitrarität
The quality or state of being arbitraryThe quality or state of being arbitrary; the extent to which something is arbitrary.
US/ˈɑɹbətɹˌɛɹinəs/
» Arbitrariness is the enemy of freedom.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable, usually)The quality or state of being arbitrary; the extent to which something is arbitrary.
Willkürlichkeit, Willkür, Arbitrarität
More definitions
- the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment
Examples
1 sentencesArbitrariness is the enemy of freedom.
Translations
6 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
the state of being arbitrary:
Forms
plural: arbitrarinessesSynonyms
6 synonymsClose in meaning
- the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment:flightinesswhimsicalitywhimsywhimseycapriciousness
Word family
2 related wordsRelatedarbitrary
Derivednonarbitrariness
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable