Synonyms for arbitrariness
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1. arbitrarinessnoun

   Synonyms:
   arbitrarity

2. arbitrarinessnoun

   The quality or state of being arbitrary.

   Synonyms:
   arbitrarity

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1. flightiness, arbitrariness, whimsicality, whimsy, whimsey, capriciousnessnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   mischievousness, unpredictability, whimsy, whimsicality, whim, puckishness, flightiness, capriciousness, whimsey, notion, impishness

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1. arbitrarinessnoun

   Synonyms:
   despotism, absoluteness, absolutism, tyranny, autocracy

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1. List of paraphrases for "arbitrariness":

   arbitrary, despotism, high-handedness

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1. Confucius:

   If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; if what is said is not what is meant, then what must be done remains undone; if this remains undone, morals and art will deteriorate; if justice goes astray, the people will stand about in helpless confusion. Hence there must be no arbitrariness in what is said. This matters above everything.

2. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich von Schlegel:

   Genius is, to be sure, not a matter of arbitrariness, but rather of freedom, just as wit, love, and faith, which once shall become arts and disciplines. We should demand genius from everybody, without, however, expecting it.

3. Gilbert Keith Chesterton:

   The only words that ever satisfied me as describing Nature are the terms used in fairy books, charm, spell, enchantment. They express the arbitrariness of the fact and its mystery.