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[ spon-tuh-nee-i-tee, -ney- ] / ˌspɒn təˈni ɪ ti, -ˈneɪ- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR spontaneity ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural spon·ta·ne·i·ties.the state, quality, or fact of being spontaneous. spontaneous activity. spontaneities, spontaneous impulses, movements, or actions. Origin of spontaneity1645–55; <Late Latin spontāne(us) spontaneous + -ity Words nearby spontaneityspongy substance, sponsion, sponson, sponsor, sponsored, spontaneity, spontaneous, spontaneous abortion, spontaneous amputation, spontaneous combustion, spontaneous gangrene of newborn Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for spontaneityOne gets the feeling that Mitchum misses not only the spontaneity but the fun his generation had. The Stacks: Mr. Bad Taste and Trouble Himself: Robert Mitchum|Robert Ward|July 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST There was an endearingness to the spontaneity of it all, but also a palpable stress accompanying the frenzy. The YouTube Music Awards Were Alarmingly Strange and Epically Cool|Kevin Fallon|November 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST Ibrahim vaulted to the forefront of a movement generated in large part by social media, which thrives on emotion and spontaneity. A Human Rights Icon’s Ugly Side: Samira Ibrahim’s Hateful Tweets|Eleanor Clift|March 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST Spontaneity should, like a sort of fog, already envelop those pages that you will write the next day. Ismail Kadare: How I Write|Noah Charney|January 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Diana could not spend a day without calculating how she was going to get through it and never lived with any spontaneity. Naomi Watts on ‘The Impossible,’ Personal Tragedy, and Playing Princess Diana|Marlow Stern|December 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST What is written while it is fresh has a vitality, a spontaneity which nothing can have that is recalled and set down later. Talks on Writing English|Arlo Bates Spontaneity is not apt to be discriminating, and the emotions are not safe guides to worldly distinction. The Women of the French Salons|Amelia Gere Mason It is this spontaneity of thought which gives birth to religion. Christianity and Greek Philosophy|Benjamin Franklin Cocker Spontaneity and reflection are the two modes in which the spirit manifests its activity. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863|Various But in all this freedom and variety, spontaneity must not run into obtrusiveness, and variety must be saved from disorder. The Expositor's Bible: The First Epistle to the Corinthians|Marcus Dods
British Dictionary definitions for spontaneity/ (ˌspɒntəˈniːɪtɪ, -ˈneɪ-) /
noun plural -tiesthe state or quality of being spontaneous (often plural) the exhibiting of actions, impulses, or behaviour that are stimulated by internal processes Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to spontaneitywhim, improvisation, will, impulse, tendency, inclination, ad-libbing |