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- Dictionaryspontaneity/spɒntəˈneɪɪti/
noun
- 1. the condition of being spontaneous; spontaneous behaviour or action: "she occasionally tore up her usual schedule in favour of spontaneity"
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SPONTANEITY definition: 1. the quality of being natural rather than planned in advance: 2. a way of behaving in which you…. Learn more.
1. : the quality or state of being spontaneous. 2. : voluntary or undetermined action or movement. also : its source. Synonyms. abandonment. ease. lightheartedness. naturalness. spontaneousness. unconstraint. uninhibitedness. unrestraint. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of spontaneity in a Sentence.
SPONTANEITY meaning: 1. the quality of being natural rather than planned in advance: 2. a way of behaving in which you…. Learn more.
Acting with spontaneity might mean bursting into song on the street, or throwing down your rake and jumping in a pile of leaves — in other words, doing something without thinking it through beforehand. The noun spontaneity is related to a more common word, the adjective spontaneous.
When something that someone does is described as spontaneous, it means it was done out of a natural impulse, without having been thought about beforehand. When spontaneous is used to describe a person, it means they have a tendency to or are known for doing things impulsively and without planning.
1. the state, quality, or fact of being spontaneous. 2. spontaneous activity. 3. See spontaneities. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
Definition of spontaneity noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. spontaneity. noun. /ˌspɒntəˈneɪəti/ /ˌspɑːntəˈneɪəti/ [uncountable] the quality of being spontaneous. There is a lack of spontaneity in her performance. the contrast between an adult’s formality and a child’s spontaneity. Questions about grammar and vocabulary?
spontaneity - the quality of being spontaneous and coming from natural feelings without constraint; "the spontaneity of his laughter"
noun. spontaneities. The state or quality of being spontaneous. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Spontaneous behavior, movement, action, etc. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. (biology) The tendency to undergo change, characteristic of both animal and vegetable organisms, and not restrained or checked by the environment. Wiktionary
coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause. (of a person) given to acting upon sudden impulses. (of natural phenomena) arising from internal forces or causes; independent of external agencies; self-acting.
