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Capriciousness

noun
1.
The quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses.  Synonym: unpredictability.
2.
The trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment.  Synonyms: arbitrariness, flightiness, whimsey, whimsicality, whimsy.





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"Capriciousness" Quotes from Famous Books



... these remarks of Chopin's furnish a strong proof that the Prince was not his patron and benefactor, as Liszt and others have maintained. While speaking of his fixed intention to go somewhere, and of the Prince's invitation, Chopin suddenly exclaims with truly Chopinesque indecision and capriciousness:— ...
— Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician - Volume 1-2, Complete • Frederick Niecks
... betrays how deep a sense of the beauty of the real gem you had, how expert you were in the trade of diamond cutter. Into the shaping of your bad works of art there went a temperament, a playfulness, a fecundity, a capriciousness, a genius that many better ...
— Musical Portraits - Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers • Paul Rosenfeld


Words linked to "Capriciousness" :   capricious, irresponsibility, inconstancy, changefulness, irresponsibleness


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