arbitrariness in English dictionary

  • arbitrariness

    Meanings and definitions of "arbitrariness"

    • The quality or state of being arbitrary.
    • noun
      The quality or state of being arbitrary.
    • the state of being arbitrary
    • State of being arbitrary.
    • noun
      The quality or state of being marked by or resulting from the unrestrained and often tyrannical exercise of power.
      The Soviet authorities have always striven to mask the cruelty and arbitrariness of Soviet justice, trying to reconcile it with the claim that in the socialist society all people are "friends, comrades and brothers."
    • noun
      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"

    Synonyms of "arbitrariness" in English dictionary

    capriciousness, flightiness, whimsicality are the top synonyms of "arbitrariness" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of arbitrariness

    • arbitrariness ( usually uncountable;  plural  arbitrarinesses)
    • arbitrariness (usually uncountable, plural arbitrarinesses)
  • Arbitrariness

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