capriciousness

Noun

Meaning

the quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

arbitrariness flightiness whimsy whimsey whimsicality unpredictability caprice quirk instability eccentricity inconsistency pluralism fluctuation irregularity dizziness
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Antonyms

equalization responsibility equilibrium gravity equality reliability
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Hypernyms

irresponsibility inconstancy irresponsibleness changefulness

Examples

But strictly held by none, is loosely bound By countless silken ties of love and thought To everything on earth the compass round, And only by one's going slightly taut In the capriciousness of summer air Is of the slightest bondage made aware. Robert Frost

The meaning of socialism is that life is dominated not by the contrast of rich and poor but by rank as determined by achievement and ability. That is our kind of freedom: freedom from the economic capriciousness of the individual. Oswald Spengler

I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory Source: Internet

Her capriciousness, fearlessness and love of freedom are all musically represented: "She is redeemed from any suspicion of vulgarity by her qualities of courage and fatalism so vividly realised in the music". Source: Internet

The capriciousness and lack of due process that indebted many were soon ended upon Henry VII's death, after a commission revealed widespread abuses. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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