Imprevisibility
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The quality of being imprevisible or unforeseeable; unpredictability. rare, uncountable
"Free-will, thus shown to be open to no logical objection, is to be affirmed on moral grounds. It is definable as "the power in virtue of which man can choose between two contrary actions without being determined by any necessity"; and the notion of "imprevisibility" is to be asserted, without qualification, as a part of its meaning."
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More examples"Free-will, thus shown to be open to no logical objection, is to be affirmed on moral grounds. It is definable as "the power in virtue of which man can choose between two contrary actions without being determined by any necessity"; and the notion of "imprevisibility" is to be asserted, without qualification, as a part of its meaning."
Etymology
From imprevisible + -ity.
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