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Flightiness

The state or quality of being flighty.

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Broader term 1

Irresponsibility 76% connected

Want of, or freedom from, responsibility or accountability.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Derivationally related 2

Arbitrary 74% connected

Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Arbitrary 74% connected

Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 4

Arbitrariness 92% connected

The quality of being arbitrary; despoticalness; tyranny.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Whimsey 92% connected

Alt. of Whimsy

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Whimsicality 92% connected

The quality or state of being whimsical; whimsicalness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Whimsy 92% connected

A whim; a freak; a capricious notion, a fanciful or odd conceit.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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