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Noun Concept
Categories: Semiotics, Legal reasoning, Teleology, Free will, Legal terms
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flightiness  arbitrariness  whimsicality  whimsy  whimsey
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The trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment WordNet 3.0
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The trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Arbitrariness is the quality of being "determined by chance, whim, or impulse, and not by necessity, reason, or principle". Wikipedia
quality of being "determined by chance, whim, or impulse, and not by necessity, reason, or principle" Wikidata
The quality or state of being arbitrary. Wiktionary
The state of being arbitrary. Wiktionary (translation)
The quality of being capricious. Wiktionary
The quality of being flighty. Wiktionary
Something whimsical; a caprice. Wiktionary
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I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
IS A
irresponsibility
quality
HAS KIND
arbitrariness of linguistic sign
CATEGORY DOMAIN
sexual activity
DERIVATION
arbitrary
capricious
flighty
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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flightiness, arbitrariness, whimsicality, whimsy, whimsey, capriciousness
Wikipedia
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arbitrariness
Wikidata
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arbitrariness
Wiktionary
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arbitrariness, capriciousness, flightiness, whimsicality
Wikipedia Redirections
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Accident of history, Arbitarity, arbitrarily, Arbitrarities, arbitrary, Arbitrary law, Arbitrary rule, Willy nilly (logic), Willynilly

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