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Definitions for fickleness
fick·le·ness
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Princeton's WordNet
faithlessness, falseness, fickleness, inconstancynoun
unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous
Wiktionary
ficklenessnoun
The quality of being fickle.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Ficklenessnoun
Inconstancy; uncertainty; unsteadiness.
Etymology: from fickle.
Neither her great worthiness, nor his own suffering for her, could fetter his fickleness; but, before his marriage-day, he had taken to wife that Baccha of whom she complained. Philip Sidney.
Beware of fraud, beware of fickleness,
In choice and change of thy dear loved dame. Fairy Queen.I am a soldier, and unapt to weep,
Or to exclaim on fortune’s fickleness. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.Instability of temper ought to be checked, when it disposes men to wander from one scheme of government to another, since such a fickleness cannot but be attended with fatal consequences. Joseph Addison, Freeholder, №. 25.
Whether out of fickleness or design I can’t tell, I found that what she liked one day she disliked another. Addison.
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fickleness
Fickleness refers to the quality or state of being unpredictable, unreliable, inconsistent, or rapidly changing, especially in one's interests, loyalty, emotions, or affections. It represents the lack of stability or the constant fluctuation in attitude or behavior.
Webster Dictionary
Ficklenessnoun
the quality of being fickle; instability; inconsonancy
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of fickleness in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of fickleness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of fickleness in a Sentence
The fickleness of the women I love is only equalled by the infernal constancy of the women who love me.
The fickleness of the women whom I love is only equalled by the infernal constancy of the women who love me.
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