arbitrariness
noun[U]
uk/ˈɑː.bɪ.trər.i.nəs/us/ˈɑːr.bə.trer.i.nəs/arbitrarinessnoun[U](CHANCE)
thequalityof beingbasedonchanceratherthan beingplannedorbasedonreason:
Thestoryis alessonon the arbitrariness offate.
There is nothing we can do about the arbitrariness ofillness.
- The arbitrariness of US state-by-stateminimumwagelawsisbewildering.
- As anactorshe'sbecomereconciledto the arbitrariness offilmand TVcasting.
- There was arbitrariness in the wayapplicationswereprocessed.
Chance and randomness
- accident
- aleatory
- arbitrarily
- arbitrary
- as luck would have itidiom
- fluke
- fluky
- fortuitous
- fortuitously
- fortuitousness
- luck
- luck intosomething
- more by accident than designidiom
- more by luck than judgmentidiom
- non-purposive
- randomized
- randomly
- randomness
- serendipitous
- stumble intosomething
arbitrarinessnoun[U](UNFAIRNESS)
theunfairandunlimiteduse ofpersonalpower:
专断；武断；霸道Justicein thiscountrysuffersfrom a very highlevelofimpunity, arbitrariness, andabuse.这个国家的司法存在着非常严重的有罪不罚、专断和滥用现象。
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- Thereportoffersrecommendationstocurbarbitrariness inpolicework.
- It's astoryabout the arbitrariness ofauthorityandpower.
- Ifeelblockedby awallofadministrativeandbureaucraticarbitrariness.
Unfairness and favouring someone unfairly
- ableism
- ableist
- agism
- agist
- Anglocentric
- discrimination
- discriminatory
- elitism
- elitist
- ethnocentric
- one-sided
- one-sidedness
- one-way
- othering
- partial
- unbalance
- unequal
- unequally
- uneven
- unevenly