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English Dictionary: Arbitrariness by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
arbitrariness
n
  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"
    Synonym(s): flightiness, arbitrariness, whimsicality, whimsy, whimsey, capriciousness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Arbitrariness \Ar"bi*tra*ri*ness\, n.
      The quality of being arbitrary; despoticalness; tyranny.
      --Bp. Hall.
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