spontaneity
nounEtymology
From Latin spontaneus (“voluntary”). By surface analysis, spont(aneous) + -aneity. Compare French spontanéité.
- derived from spontanéité
Definitions
The quality of being spontaneous.
- In any case, they are not very big on spontaneity. They sit on him for a few minutes before they decide what to do next.
- The unpredictability of Gemini was then contrasted with examples of human spontaneity, like the splatter technique of Jackson Pollock.
Spontaneous behaviour.
- Romney Leigh, who lives by diagrams, / And crosses out the spontaneities / Of all his individual, personal life / With formal universals.
The tendency to undergo change, characteristic of both animal and vegetable organisms,…
The tendency to undergo change, characteristic of both animal and vegetable organisms, and not restrained or checked by the environment.
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The tendency to activity of muscular tissue, including the voluntary muscles, when in a…
The tendency to activity of muscular tissue, including the voluntary muscles, when in a state of healthful vigour and refreshment.
The neighborhood
- synonymspontaneousness
- synonymsuddenness
- antonymdisciplineantonym(s) of “quality of being spontaneous”
- neighborspontaneous
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for spontaneity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA