caprice
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8.5
- noun
- /kəˈpriːs/
:
capricho
- In spite of the modern dismissal of such activity as pious caprice, imagining eschatologically can be a serious measure of faith and hope.
- whim and caprice
Ethical behavior becomes obedience to Caprice, obedience to arbitrariness.
- Ethical behavior becomes obedience to Caprice, obedience to arbitrariness.
- For that reason, the sport of mere opinion and the Caprice of any chance individuality.
- He says its subject is the individual whose Caprice, Caprice is arbitrariness.
Examples
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I tried to convince them it is situational; the caprices of employment do not make for steady relationships.
Fiction book (1990) -
The artist created a new piece simply out of caprice, inspired by a sudden burst of creativity.
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Well, I hoped I could avoid the subject... but some of us, through a cruel... caprice of Mother Nature...
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The family cannot be broken up... ...by a whim or a caprice... ...or even by the sin of one of the partners in the marriage.
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Everything else is subject to the powers that be, dependent upon the caprices of often inferior men.
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I am done submitting my will to the caprices of others.
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Her whims and her caprices.
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"It's important, I feel, to suffuse a relationship with a certain level of unpredictability, if not outright caprice."
Fiction book (2001) -
Our lives are defined by the whims, caprices, and cruelties of others.
Fiction book (1997) -
What appear to be momentary caprices or whims are really symptoms of deep obsessions.
Academic text (2003)
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Etymology
Caprice comes from the Italian capriccio, which first meant a sudden movement or 'start' and probably comes from capo 'head' plus a word like riccio meaning 'shiver' or 'curl' — imagine a quick shake of the head. So, a caprice is a sudden wish or change of mind.