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CAPRICIOUSNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment
Example:
I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory
Synonyms:
arbitrariness; capriciousness; flightiness; whimsey; whimsicality; whimsy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("capriciousness" is a kind of...):
irresponsibility; irresponsibleness (a form of untrustworthiness; the trait of lacking a sense of responsibility and not feeling accountable for your actions)
Derivation:
capricious (determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses
Synonyms:
capriciousness; unpredictability
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("capriciousness" is a kind of...):
changefulness; inconstancy (the quality of being changeable and variable)
Derivation:
capricious (changeable)
