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Definition of arbitrariness in English: arbitrarinessnounˈɑːbətrərɪnəsɑːbɪˈtrɛrɪnəsˈɑrbəˌtrərinəs mass noun1The quality of being based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system. disparate peoples were forced together by the arbitrariness of a colonial map-maker's pen Example sentencesExamples - He argues that arbitrariness of corrupt transactions adversely impacts on capital inflows, providing a reason that corruption is more harmful than taxes.
- The coupling of experience to words is arbitrary, just as there's some arbitrariness to the coupling of one word with another.
- These two failures suggest a degree of arbitrariness in the Foster range tests.
- He reveals the arbitrariness of race in his fragmented self.
- The mock trial scene of his divorce further helps to unveil this arbitrariness of language.
- Moreover, the arbitrariness of colonial power served to twist changing interests and strategies in unpredictable ways.
- The collection examines the arbitrariness of color lines drawn both between and within races.
- The plays were a return to the theme of the arbitrariness yet inevitability of death.
- At first glance, this passage seems designed merely to call our attention to the arbitrariness of geographical associations.
- Philosophy and history persistently argue the inherent arbitrariness of what we call reality.
2A lack of restraint in the use of authority; autocracy. the law protects the people against the arbitrariness of those in office Example sentencesExamples - Corruption weakens the rule of law and increases the fragility of property rights and the arbitrariness of law enforcement.
- The court, created in 2003, was widely criticized for what some called the arbitrariness of its trials and sentences.
- What also has people concerned is the scope of the offense and the arbitrariness with which it might be perceived.
- Its government desperately needs such a system of accountability to stem the arbitrariness, corruption, and cronyism.
- Procedural safeguards are necessary to avoid any risk of arbitrariness resulting from a decision to place a prisoner in solitary confinement.
- In the government's view, this was especially so when a discretionary life sentence by its very nature avoided the risk of arbitrariness of mandatory life sentences.
- The arbitrariness is magnified by the fact that the victim of the crime is not motivating the pursuit.
- By subjecting him and all other officials to a constitution, it sought to replace the rule of arbitrariness by the rule of law.
- Everyone, governed and governor, is subject to the rule of law, free from arbitrariness and whims.
- At the same time, he reveals their mismanagement, the absence of democracy, the arbitrariness of the regime.
Definition of arbitrariness in US English: arbitrarinessnounˈärbəˌtrərēnəsˈɑrbəˌtrərinəs 1The quality of being based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system. disparate peoples were forced together by the arbitrariness of a colonial map-maker's pen Example sentencesExamples - These two failures suggest a degree of arbitrariness in the Foster range tests.
- Philosophy and history persistently argue the inherent arbitrariness of what we call reality.
- The plays were a return to the theme of the arbitrariness yet inevitability of death.
- At first glance, this passage seems designed merely to call our attention to the arbitrariness of geographical associations.
- Moreover, the arbitrariness of colonial power served to twist changing interests and strategies in unpredictable ways.
- The mock trial scene of his divorce further helps to unveil this arbitrariness of language.
- The collection examines the arbitrariness of color lines drawn both between and within races.
- He reveals the arbitrariness of race in his fragmented self.
- He argues that arbitrariness of corrupt transactions adversely impacts on capital inflows, providing a reason that corruption is more harmful than taxes.
- The coupling of experience to words is arbitrary, just as there's some arbitrariness to the coupling of one word with another.
2A lack of restraint in the use of authority; autocracy. the law protects the people against the arbitrariness of those in office Example sentencesExamples - In the government's view, this was especially so when a discretionary life sentence by its very nature avoided the risk of arbitrariness of mandatory life sentences.
- Its government desperately needs such a system of accountability to stem the arbitrariness, corruption, and cronyism.
- Procedural safeguards are necessary to avoid any risk of arbitrariness resulting from a decision to place a prisoner in solitary confinement.
- The court, created in 2003, was widely criticized for what some called the arbitrariness of its trials and sentences.
- Everyone, governed and governor, is subject to the rule of law, free from arbitrariness and whims.
- By subjecting him and all other officials to a constitution, it sought to replace the rule of arbitrariness by the rule of law.
- What also has people concerned is the scope of the offense and the arbitrariness with which it might be perceived.
- At the same time, he reveals their mismanagement, the absence of democracy, the arbitrariness of the regime.
- The arbitrariness is magnified by the fact that the victim of the crime is not motivating the pursuit.
- Corruption weakens the rule of law and increases the fragility of property rights and the arbitrariness of law enforcement.
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