arbitrariness

English

Alternative forms

• arbitraryness

Etymology

arbitrary +‎ -ness

Noun

arbitrariness (usually uncountable, plural arbitrarinesses)

1. The quality or state of being arbitrary; the extent to which something is arbitrary.

Synonyms

• arbitrarity (much less common)

Translations

the state of being arbitrary

• Czech: libovůle f, svévole (cs) f, arbitrárnost f
• Dutch: willekeurigheid (nl) f
• Finnish: mielivaltaisuus (fi)
• French: arbitrarité (fr) f, caractère arbitraire m
• German: Willkürlichkeit (de) f, Willkür (de) f, Arbitrarität (de) f
• Icelandic: geðþóttaháttur m
• Indonesian: kesewenangan
• Italian: arbitrarietà (it) f
• Japanese: 恣意 (ja) (shii)
• Malay: kearbitrerian
• Polish: arbitralność (pl) f
• Portuguese: arbitrariedade (pt) f
• Swedish: godtycke (sv) n

Further reading

• “arbitrariness”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “arbitrary”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “arbitrariness” (US) / “arbitrariness” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• arbitrary in Britannica Dictionary
• “arbitrariness”, in Wordnik.
• arbitrariness, arbitrarity at Google Ngram Viewer