noun
- The quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses.
- synonyms: unpredictability
- The trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment.
- usage: "I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory"
- synonyms: flightiness, arbitrariness, whimsicality, whimsy, whimsey
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
| APA | WordNet. (2010). capriciousness. Retrieved September 21, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/capriciousness/definitions/1210280 |
| Chicago | WordNet. 2010. "capriciousness" http://smartdefine.org/capriciousness/definitions/1210280 (accessed September 21, 2026). |
| Harvard | WordNet 2010, capriciousness, Smart Define, viewed 21 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/capriciousness/definitions/1210280>. |
| MLA | WordNet. "capriciousness" 23 October 2010. Web. 21 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/capriciousness/definitions/1210280> |