spontaneity

C2 Topic:Abstract Ideas

Also spelled spontaniety

US /ˌspɑːntəˈniːəti/ UK /ˈspɒn.tə.neɪ.ə.ti/ See IPA manual

Freq #29664

Meanings

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noun
The quality of doing things naturally and on impulse, without planning.

Their trip lost all its spontaneity once every hour was scheduled.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the quality of doing things... spontaneousness

More suddenness

Opposites

discipline

Word family

Derived forms aspontaneityunspontaneity

Related forms spontaneous

Etymology

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

Topics

Abstract Ideas Word Formation & Derivatives

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