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Webster 1913 Edition

Arbitrariness

Ar′bi-tra-ri-ness

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Noun.

The quality of being arbitrary; despoticalness; tyranny.

Bp. Hall.

Webster 1828 Edition

Arbitrariness

'ARBITRARINESS

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Noun.

The quality of being arbitrary; despoticalness; tyranny.

Definition 2024

arbitrariness

arbitrariness

English

Noun

arbitrariness ‎(usually uncountable, plural arbitrarinesses)

The quality or state of being arbitrary.

Synonyms

arbitrarity (much less common)

Translations

the state of being arbitrary

Czech: libovůle f, svévole (cs) f
Finnish: mielivaltaisuus (fi)
French: arbitraire (fr)
German: Willkürlichkeit (de) f, Willkür (de) f

Japanese: 恣意 (ja) ‎(shii)
Portuguese: arbitrariedade (pt) f
Swedish: godtycke (sv) n