spontaneity
English
Etymology
Compare French spontanéité.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈspɒn.tə.neɪ.ə.ti/
Audio (UK) (file)
Noun
spontaneity (countable and uncountable, plural spontaneities)
- (uncountable) The quality of being spontaneous.
- (countable) Spontaneous behaviour.
- Elizabeth Browning
- Romney Leigh, who lives by diagrams, / And crosses not the spontaneities / Of all his individual, personal life / With formal universals.
- Elizabeth Browning
- (biology) The tendency to undergo change, characteristic of both animal and vegetable organisms, and not restrained or checked by the environment.
- (biology) The tendency to activity of muscular tissue, including the voluntary muscles, when in a state of healthful vigour and refreshment.
Antonyms
- (quality of being spontaneous): discipline
Related terms
Translations
the quality of being spontaneous
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spontaneous behaviour
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Further reading
- spontaneity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- spontaneity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- spontaneity at OneLook Dictionary Search
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