fickleness
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7.3
- noun
- /ˈfɪkəlnəs/
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capricho
- Her fickleness in choosing a restaurant often frustrated her family.
Examples
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The fickleness of his friends made it hard for him to trust anyone.
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The only constant in my reading is the fickleness and instability of the text.
Academic text (1996) -
I don't think I ever opened a book in my life... which did not have something to say on women's fickleness.
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Abby didn't answer; long ago she had learned not to acknowledge her mother's fickleness.
Fiction book (2002) -
Or it may reveal the fickleness and immaturity of the voter group the populists are competing to capture.
Blog text (9) -
Their association with the party is passive—"accepting here, rejecting there, always threatening the party with the fickleness of their affections."
Academic text (2001) -
The fickleness of the weather in spring can change plans unexpectedly.
Synonyms
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5.5
Not being dependable or able to be trusted
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8.6
A tendency to change feelings or opinions and not stay loyal
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7.7
Not being loyal or keeping promises to people who trust you
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8.9
A pattern of sudden, unpredictable changes in mood or plans
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9.4
A tendency to change quickly, especially in mood or health
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7.9
A movement that changes direction or strength and is hard to predict
A habit of often changing one's mind or feelings without warning
A tendency to change plans or feelings suddenly without thinking
A quality of becoming different often and without warning
How often something becomes different, like the weather
A habit of changing your mind, feelings, or plans
Unpredictable and inconsistent behavior
Antonyms
How Changeable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fickleness comes from the old word fickle, which once meant 'deceptive' or 'changeable', so picture someone who shifts their mind like the wind. That's why fickleness means being changeable and unreliable in loyalty or feelings.