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Synonyms for "arbitrariness" in English

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arbitrariness:
- arbitrariness; flightiness; whimsicality; capriciousness; whimsy; whimsey
arbitrary:
- arbitrary; random; indiscriminate; capricious; whimsical; high-handed
- arbitrary; high-handed; wilful; willful

English

Detailed Synonyms for arbitrariness in English

arbitrariness:

arbitrariness [the ~] nom

the arbitrariness
the arbitrariness
- arbitrariness [the ~] nom
the arbitrariness

– the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment ¹
the arbitrariness; the flightiness; the whimsicality; the capriciousness; the whimsy; the whimsey
– the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment ¹
- arbitrariness [the ~] nom
- flightiness [the ~] nom
  - I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory¹
- whimsicality [the ~] nom
  - I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory¹
- capriciousness [the ~] nom
- whimsy [the ~] nom
- whimsey [the ~] nom

Related Words for "arbitrariness":

arbitrary

Alternate Synonyms for "arbitrariness":

flightiness; whimsicality; whimsy; whimsey; capriciousness; irresponsibility; irresponsibleness

Related Definitions for "arbitrariness":

the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment¹

arbitrary:

arbitrary adj

arbitrary
arbitrary; random; indiscriminate; capricious; whimsical; high-handed
- arbitrary adj
- random adj
- indiscriminate adj
- capricious adj
- whimsical adj
- high-handed adj
arbitrary

– based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice ¹
arbitrary
– based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice ¹
- arbitrary adj
  - an arbitrary decision¹
  - the arbitrary rule of a dictator¹
  - an arbitrary penalty¹
  - of arbitrary size and shape¹
  - an arbitrary choice¹
  - arbitrary division of the group into halves¹

arbitrary

arbitrary
arbitrary
- arbitrary
arbitrary
arbitrary; high-handed
- arbitrary
- high-handed
arbitrary
arbitrary; wilful; willful
- arbitrary
- wilful
- willful

Related Words for "arbitrary":

arbitrariness

Alternate Synonyms for "arbitrary":

absolute; capricious; impulsive; whimsical; discretionary; discretional

Antonyms for "arbitrary":

nonarbitrary

Related Definitions for "arbitrary":

based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice¹
- an arbitrary decision¹
- the arbitrary rule of a dictator¹
- an arbitrary penalty¹
- of arbitrary size and shape¹
- an arbitrary choice¹
- arbitrary division of the group into halves¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University