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arbitrariness

ar·bit·ra·riness

US/ˈɑrbʌˌtrɛrinʌs/ uncommon

noun

1.

the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment

  • “I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory”
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Origin

From arbitrary + -ness.

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