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Word entry · 11 letters

spontaneity

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"Natural impulsiveness"

11 letters · collected on this word page

11 lettersPronunciation /ˈspɒn.tə.neɪ.ə.ti/Part of speech nounSorted aeinnopsttyStarts with SEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the quality of being spontaneous and coming from natural feelings without constraint

Word origin

From Latin spontaneus (“voluntary”). By surface analysis, spont(aneous) + -aneity. Compare French spontanéité.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • Romney Leigh, who lives by diagrams, / And crosses out the spontaneities / Of all his individual, personal life / With formal universals.

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