chanciness

7.5

Being uncertain and based on luck

noun
/ˈtʃeɪnsi/

: riesgo

Traveling without a plan introduces an element of chanciness, making each adventure unpredictable.

Examples

Authors of regional metaphors should recognize the sheer chanciness and mysteriousness of devising one that the public adopts.

Academic text (1999)
The chanciness of relying on luck rather than skill can lead to surprising outcomes in games.
Huizinga, however, sees both innovation and order in the uncertainty and chanciness of play.

Academic text (2007)
(I find nothing strange or unlikely in such a model of historical chanciness for subsequent patterns following a substrate of initial necessity.

Academic text (1990)
And then, I don't know, I feel like you could turn away from chanciness and then just like, I don't know, I don't know what I'm saying.
Investing in the stock market involves a certain degree of chanciness, as prices can fluctuate unexpectedly.

Synonyms

risk

vschanciness

∞ 1.9

A chance that something bad may happen

is about uncertainty and dependence on chance rather than just possibility of harm

precariousness

vschanciness

1 8.1

Being unstable and at risk of loss or harm

is more about depending on chance rather than physical instability

riskiness

vschanciness

1 4.5

How likely something is to cause harm or loss

is about being uncertain and depending on chance or luck

speculativeness

vschanciness

Specialized

9.8

A tendency to take high financial risks hoping to make money

is a general uncertainty from chance rather than mainly financial guessing

Antonyms

safety

∞ 1.0

A place or condition that protects you from danger

certainty

Literature

202 3.4

A strong feeling that something is true or will happen

How Risky

peril

112 5.7

danger

∞ 1.0

chanciness

7.5

risk

∞ 1.9

uncertainty

296 4.0

safety

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

chanciness singular

chancinesses plural

Morphology

chanciness = chancy (transparent) = chance + y + ness

Formed from the adjective 'chancy' (chance + -y) with the noun-forming suffix '-ness'; the meaning is the quality of being chancy.

Etymology

Chanciness comes from the word chance, which means 'luck' or 'something that may happen', plus the ending -iness that makes it a quality. So chanciness is the quality of being uncertain or risky, like when you 'take a chance' and do not know the result.