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Meaning of Arbitrariness | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

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The quality or state of being arbitrary; the extent to which something is arbitrary.

uncountable, usually

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العربية الاستبداديّة عشوائية

Bosanski samovolja samovoljnost самовоља самовољност

Català arbitrarietat

Čeština arbitrárnost libovůle svévole zvůle

Deutsch Arbitrarität Willkür Willkürlichkeit

Ελληνικά αυθαιρεσία αυθαίρετο

Suomi mielivaltaisuus omavaltaisuus

Français arbitrarité caractère arbitraire

Hrvatski samovolja samovoljnost самовоља самовољност

Bahasa Indonesia kesewenangan

Italiano arbitrarietà

日本語任意性恣意恣意性

Nederlands willekeurigheid

Polski arbitralność dowolność

Português arbitrariedade

Српски samovolja samovoljnost самовоља самовољност

Svenska egenmäktighet godtycke godtycklighet

Українська волюнтаризм

Examples

“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 grandiose idealist concepts such as Platonic love and providential history.”

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