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1. (adj.) arbitrary
subject to individual will or judgment without restriction; contingent solely upon one's discretion:
an arbitrary decision.
2. arbitrary
decided by a judge or arbiter rather than by a law or statute.
3. arbitrary
having unlimited power; uncontrolled or unrestricted by law; despotic:
an arbitrary government.
4. arbitrary
capricious; unreasonable; unsupported:
an arbitrary demand for payment.
5. arbitrary
Math. undetermined; not assigned a specific value:
an arbitrary constant.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME < L arbitrārius uncertain (i.e., depending on an arbiter's decision). See arbiter , -ary)
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1. (adj) arbitrary
based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice
"an arbitrary decision"; "the arbitrary rule of a dictator"; "an arbitrary penalty"; "of arbitrary size and shape"; "an arbitrary choice"; "arbitrary division of the group into halves"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) arbitrary
depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment
2. (adj) arbitrary
exercised according to one's own will or caprice, and therefore conveying a notion of a tendency to abuse the possession of power
3. (adj) arbitrary
despotic; absolute in power; bound by no law; harsh and unforbearing; tyrannical; as, an arbitrary prince or government
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Sense: not decided by rules or laws but by a person's own opinion
He made a rather arbitrary decision to close the local cinema without consulting other people.
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 Afrikaans: arbitrêr |
 Arabic: إعْتِباطي،تَعَسُّفي، تَحَ |
 Bulgarian: произволен |
 Brazilian: arbitrário |
 Czech: svévolný |
 German: willkürlich |
 Danish: vilkårlig; arbitrær |
 Greek: αυθαίρετος |
 Spanish: arbitrario |
 Estonian: omavoliline |
 Farsi: دلبخواه؛ خودسرانه |
 Finnish: mielivaltainen |
 French: arbitraire |
 Hebrew: שְרִירוּתִי |
 Hindi: मनमाना |
 Croatian: proizvoljan |
 Hungarian: önkényes |
 Indonesian: keputusan sendiri |
 Icelandic: geðþóttalegur, geðþótta- |
 Italian: arbitrario |
 Japanese: 随意の |
 Korean: 변덕스러운 |
 Lithuanian: savavališkas |
 Latvian: patvaļīgs |
 Malay: keputusan sembarangan |
 Dutch: willekeurig |
 Norwegian: vilkårlig; egenrådig |
 Polish: arbitralny |
 Persian: دلبخواه؛ خودسرانه |
 Pashto: په خپل سر، په خپل زړه |
 Portuguese: arbitrário |
 Romanian: arbitrar |
 Russian: произвольный |
 Slovak: svojvoľný |
 Slovenian: samovoljen |
 Serbian: proizvoljan |
 Swedish: godtycklig, egenmäktig |
 Thai: ตามใจชอบ; โดยไม่มีกฎเกณฑ์ |
 Turkish: keyfî |
 Taiwanese: 武斷的, 任意的 |
 Ukrainian: самовільний |
 Urdu: من مانا ، خود مختار |
 Vietnamese: chuyên quyền |
 Chinese: 武断的，任意的 |
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