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Meanings of capriciousness in English

Catalan
arbitrareitat
Spanish
arbitrariedad

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

arbitrareitat
Catalan
imprevisibilitat

The quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses.

imprevisibilitat
Usage of capriciousness in English
1
The big problem will come if such capriciousness sways the masses.
The Guardian
2
And here a word as to the capriciousness of the nomenclature of artists.
A Wanderer in Florence
3
US Open: The capriciousness of golf is sometimes hard to fathom.
The Irish Times
4
The perceived capriciousness of the Guild rulings fuel screenwriters' chronic dissatisfaction.
The new yorker
5
The capriciousness of 18th-century British justice can be hard to justify.
The Guardian
6
It was the time to alarm him by coldness, by capriciousness.
The Grain of Dust: A Novel
7
The cruel capriciousness of infection receded to the margins of experience.
The Irish Times
8
The seriousness of the situation had extinguished in the girl all coquetry and capriciousness.
Atlantis
9
Despite everything, he failed to understand the capriciousness of warfare.
The windup girl
10
He says he enjoys the capriciousness of the Greek gods.
Radio NZ
11
He is not to be blamed for this seeming capriciousness.
Gentle Measures in the Management and Training of the Young / Or...
12
Her manner, however, suddenly changed, with the charming capriciousness of youth and conscious beauty.
A Ward of the Golden Gate
13
Otherwise might she not be accused of a capriciousness quite as deplorable to consider?
The Egoist: A Comedy in Narrative
14
Some welcome it as a defence against the subjective capriciousness of review and tenure boards.
The Guardian
15
But the consistency of woman's capriciousness is only exceeded by the capriciousness of man's consistency.
Hints for Lovers
16
There's a nice sense of capriciousness running through the second outing by Norah Jones and Doveman.
Radio NZ
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Capriciousness through the time
Capriciousness across language varieties
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