impulsiveness

Examples

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• Adolescent impulsiveness can often result in risky behavior that teenagers may later regret.

• Her impulsiveness led her to make decisions without thinking them through, resulting in unexpected consequences.

• His impulsiveness led him at times to do quite unusual things.

  Academic text (1996)

• " Impulsiveness has never been the most comfortable mode of behavior for me.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Wish he'd had that impulsiveness when we were together.

  She's the One (1996)

• Alex reacts, shocked, and yet her impulsiveness is exciting...

  Fiction book (2000)

• Phoebe, giddily astonished at her own uncharacteristic impulsiveness, talked her new client into going out to lunch with her the next day.

  Fiction book (1990)

• More than that, though, I believe Barbara is my father's granddaughter, blessed or cursed by the impulsiveness that pushed and pulled him to another world.

  Fiction book (1999)

• For a man who had all his life been given to the utmost daring and impulsiveness, whether to work or not to work, presented an unsolvable and terrifying issue.

  The Man Who Loved Women (1983)

• His impatience and impulsiveness, the fight with Meluan and The Maer, yelling at Denna...

  Blog text (9)

Synonyms

R

recklessness

vsimpulsiveness

18 5.2

Acting without caring about danger or what might happen

focuses on quick action without careful thought instead of ignoring danger

I

impulsivity

vsimpulsiveness

5 7.0

A habit of acting quickly without thinking about what will happen

focuses on quick action without careful thought rather than planning specifically

R

rashness

vsimpulsiveness

1 5.6

Acting or speaking quickly without thinking about the bad results

focuses on quick action without careful thought rather than danger disregard

I

impetuousness

vsimpulsiveness

1 8.7

A tendency to act quickly without thinking, often causing problems

is the same meaning but appears in a different noun form

I

impetuosity

vsimpulsiveness

1 8.9

A tendency to act quickly without thinking that causes rash decisions

is the same meaning but uses the other noun form

H

hastiness

vsimpulsiveness

1 5.8

Acting or deciding too quickly without enough thought

describes a general tendency to act quickly rather than only quick decisions

Antonyms

C

caution

158 2.5

Care that helps you avoid danger or mistakes

T

thoughtfulness

2 3.8

Careful, long attention to an idea before deciding

How Impulsive

recklessness

18 5.2

rashness

1 5.6

impulsiveness

4 5.9

prudence

18 6.1

thoughtfulness

2 3.8

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Morphology

Etymology