English noun: capriciousness | |||
1. | capriciousness (attribute) the quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses | ||
Synonyms | unpredictability | ||
Broader (hypernym) | changefulness, inconstancy | ||
2. | capriciousness (attribute) the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment | ||
Samples | I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory. | ||
Synonyms | arbitrariness, flightiness, whimsey, whimsicality, whimsy | ||
Broader (hypernym) | irresponsibility, irresponsibleness | ||