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UK
/kæpɹˈɪʃəsnəs/
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NOUN
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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 - the quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses
How To Use capriciousness In A Sentence
- To prefer food to art, capriciousness and indulgence to "simplicity" and "contemplat [ion]," and eating to other forms of incorporation, is, of course, a female or effeminated preference (Gill 597). Wordsworths Balladry: Real Men Wanted
- Whether you interpret such behavior as capriciousness or hard-core adventure, enduring it is a price you must occasionally pay.
- This is a good thing, obviously, but it is hard to defend the capriciousness of the process in the hands of the execrable Senator.
- Y'know, I'm starting to be concerned at my own capriciousness.
- If you pay attention you realize the future only allows humanity and nature opportunities to exercise capriciousness. 2011 - What I Wanted
- The joys of the story -- Aang's impish capriciousness, Katara's valiance, Soka's buffoonery, even Uncle Iroh's avuncular charm -- have all been el […] (author unknown) 2010 May 06 « Monster Scifi Show Blog
- After much consideration he could derive this behaviour from nothing better than a capriciousness in his friend's temper, from a kind of inconstancy of mind, which makes men grow weary of their friends with no more reason than they often are of their mistresses. Amelia — Complete
- But capriciousness, randomness and unexamined biases are not the exception, they are the rule. Times, Sunday Times
- Yanukovich says the pro-European Tymoshenko should start acting like the prime minister that she currently is or "get back to the kitchen" and continue her "capriciousness" there. Euronews
- As it was, this random capriciousness on his part ended up providing me with my main home address for the next 16 years.
