/ English Dictionary

CAPRICIOUSNESS

Pronunciation (US):

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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)

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