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inconstancy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | changefulness |
| Type of | changeability, changeableness |
| Has types | capriciousness, unpredictability |
| Derivation | inconstant |
inconstancy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | faithlessness, falseness, fickleness |
| Type of | infidelity, unfaithfulness |
| Derivation | inconstant |
Examples of inconstancy
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The first striking feature of modern Australian politics is its inconstancy.
From the economist.com
This kind of inconstancy is, however, quite out of season among Ecuador's neighbours and peers.
From the economist.com
Miers's meager public record on important issues also exudes confusion and inconstancy, not clear thinking.
From the theatlantic.com
Artworks reflect back to us better than almost anything else does the inconstancy of our perceptions and attitudes.
From the sfgate.com
In a world increasingly dependent on precise measurements, metrologists think such inconstancy no longer cuts the mustard.
From the economist.com
Yet Hoffman ultimately comes down on her side, favoring the constancy of years over the inconstancy of politics.
From the time.com
Although the outer ring displayed its characteristic inconstancy, the new middle ring barely budged for nearly four weeks.
From the newscientist.com
The congressman is going after Specter not on ideology but on the 30-year incumbent's partisan and philosophical inconstancy.
From the washingtonpost.com
Ryan fulminates against the inconstancy of women and the obsessive cowardice he sees sapping the strength of contemporary America.
From the time.com
- Faithlessness: unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous
- The quality of being changeable and variable
- (inconstant) likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable; "inconstant affections"; "an inconstant lover"; "swear not by...the inconstant moon"- Shakespeare
- Inconstant is the name of several merchant and naval ships including: * The sailing ship Inconstant (ship) built in 1848 which played an important role in the history of Wellington, New Zealand as "Plimmer's Ark".
- Lack of constancy; lack of consistency in thought, emotion or action
- (Inconstant) A term used to describe a minor variety which does not appear in the same place on the sheet through multiple printing runs.
- (Inconstant) The usual rendering for anicca is "impermanent". However, the antonym of the term, nicca, carries connotations of constancy and dependability; and as anicca is used to emphasise the point that conditioned phenomena cannot be depended on to provide true happiness, this seems a useful ...
