Arbitrariness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Arbitrariness \Ar"bi*tra*ri*ness\, n.
     The quality of being arbitrary; despoticalness; tyranny.
     --Bp. Hall.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  arbitrariness
       n : 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" [syn: {flightiness},
            {whimsicality}, {whimsy}, {whimsey}, {capriciousness}]