Capriciousness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being capricious. uncountable

    "To employ always the same witnesses, he would excite speculation, and expose himself to the imputation of fickleness or capriciousness."

  2. 2
    the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment wordnet
  3. 3
    the quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses wordnet

Synonyms

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ambivalencearbitrarinesscapricechancechange of minddeviation

Example

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"We can't tolerate such capriciousness."

Etymology

From capricious + -ness.

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