arbitrariness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin arbiter Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin arbitrāriusder. Middle English arbitrarie English arbitrary Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English arbitrariness From arbitrary + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The quality or state of being arbitrary; the extent to which something is arbitrary.
Passion, providence, and imitation are conventionally the respective ruling forces of these three processes. Yet to take them at face value, as an innocent reading of the poem might advise, would be to betray Garcilaso’s own efforts, in this sonnet and elsewhere, to expose the arbitrariness of grandiose idealist concepts such as Platonic love and providential history.
1998 spring, José María Rodríguez García, “Epos delendum est: The Subject of Carthage in Garcilaso’s ‘A Boscán desde “La Goleta”’”, in Hispanic Review, volume 66, number 2, Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania Press, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 166:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| arbitrarinesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| arbitraryness | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (20)
nl willekeurigheid (the state of being arbitrary) · it arbitrarietà (the state of being arbitrary) · sv godtycke (the state of being arbitrary) · de Arbitrarität (the state of being arbitrary) · id kesewenangan (the state of being arbitrary) · pt arbitrariedade (the state of being arbitrary) · ca arbitrarietat (the state of being arbitrary) · de Willkür (the state of being arbitrary) · fr arbitrarité (the state of being arbitrary) · is geðþóttaháttur (the state of being arbitrary) · cs libovůle (the state of being arbitrary) · de Willkürlichkeit (the state of being arbitrary) · fi mielivaltaisuus (the state of being arbitrary) · pl arbitralność (the state of being arbitrary) · fr caractère arbitraire (the state of being arbitrary) · cs arbitrárnost (the state of being arbitrary) · ja 恣意 (the state of being arbitrary) · cs svévole (the state of being arbitrary) · ms kearbitrerian (the state of being arbitrary) · es arbitrariedad (the state of being arbitrary)