arbitrariness

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arbitrariness

noun arbitrarinesses · arbitraryness

  1. uncountable, usually The quality or state of being arbitrary; the extent to which something is arbitrary. Passion, providence, and imitation are conventionally the respective ruling forces of these three processes. Yet to take them at face value, as an innocent reading of the poem might advise, would be to betray Garcilaso’s own efforts, in this sonnet and elsewhere, to expose the arbitrariness of grand

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noun the state of being arbitrary

Españolarbitrariedad
日本語恣意 shii
Portuguêsarbitrariedade
Françaisarbitrarité, caractère arbitraire
DeutschWillkürlichkeit, Willkür, Arbitrarität
Italianoarbitrarietà

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@misc{arbitrariness_2026,
  title = {arbitrariness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/arbitrariness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}