Arbitrariness

Quick meaning: Arbitrariness is a noun meaning The quality or state of being arbitrary; the extent to which something is arbitrary.

Meaning

The quality or state of being arbitrary; the extent to which something is arbitrary.

Example Sentences

Passion, providence, and imitation are conventionally the respective ruling forces of these three processes. Yet to take them at face value, as an innocent reading of the poem might advise, would be to betray Garcilaso’s own efforts, in this sonnet and elsewhere, to expose the arbitrariness of grandiose idealist concepts such as Platonic love and providential history.

Word Forms

• arbitrarinesses
• arbitraryness

Synonyms for arbitrariness

Depending on context, synonyms include arbitrarity, capriciousness, whimsy, whimsicality, whimsey, flightiness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include capriciousness, flightiness, whimsicality, whimsy, whimsey, unreasonable.

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