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arbitrariness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | capriciousness, flightiness, whimsey, whimsicality, whimsy |
| Type of | irresponsibility, irresponsibleness |
| Derivation | arbitrary |
Examples of arbitrariness
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Instead, there are winners and losers decided with breathtaking arbitrariness.
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In a GE type hanging, arbitrariness is used to assert the supremacy of management.
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Amid this moral chaos, the arrest of Pinochet is a triumph of arbitrariness.
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The sequences can provide interesting examples of the arbitrariness of semiotic signs.
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In some countries, a prohibition of arbitrariness is enshrined into the constitution.
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Arbitrariness is also related to ethics, the philosophy of decision-making.
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The execution of Jesus reveals the utter arbitrariness of political power.
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Instead, winners and losers are decided with breathtaking arbitrariness.
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The law is inactive, it has been eliminated by the state's arbitrariness and lawlessness.
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- Flightiness: the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment; "I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory"
- Arbitrariness is a term given to choices and actions subject to individual will, judgment or preference, based solely upon an individual's opinion or discretion.
- The quality or state of being arbitrary
- In language, a word's quality of independence between its sound or appearance and its meaning.
- A decision is arbitrary if it is unresponsive to reason-that is, if the decision maker does not base the decision on those reasons on which the decision ought to be based (see p 7).
