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Definition of Arbitrary |
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Arbitrary
Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment. Exercised according to one's own will or caprice, and therefore conveying a notion of a tendency to abuse the possession of power. Despotic; absolute in power; bound by no law; harsh and unforbearing; tyrannical; as, an arbitrary prince or government. Related Definitions: Absolute, Abuse, According, An, And, Any, Arbitrary, As, Bound, By, Caprice, Conveying, Decision, Depending, Despotic, Discretion, Exercised, Fixed, Governed, Government, Harsh, In, Law, No, Not, Notion, Of, On, One, Or, Own, Possession, Power, Prince, Punishment, Tendency, The, Therefore, To, Tyrannical, Will |
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Arbitrary Quotations
If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place. Margaret Mead Designs of purely arbitrary nature cannot be expected to last long. Kenzo Tange Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness. George Washington Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted on us by the arbitrary will of another. Arthur Schopenhauer It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the work into middle age, and all the regrets into old age. Margaret Mead |
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Arbitrary Translations
arbitrary in Dutch is willekeurig, arbitrair, eigenmachtig arbitrary in Finnish is mielivaltainen arbitrary in French is arbitraire arbitrary in Italian is arbitrario arbitrary in Spanish is arbitrario arbitrary in Swedish is godtycklig |
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