spontaneity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The quality of being spontaneous.
Spontaneous behaviour.
The tendency to undergo change, characteristic of both animal and vegetable organisms, and not restrained or checked by the environment.
The tendency to activity of muscular tissue, including the voluntary muscles, when in a state of healthful vigour and refreshment.

/ˈspɒn.tə.neɪ.ə.ti/ en-uk-spontaneity.ogg

spontaneity spontaneities

From Latin spontaneus (“voluntary”). By surface analysis, spont(aneous) + -aneity. Compare French spontanéité.

spontaneousness abruptness

discipline

spontaneous

aspontaneity unspontaneity

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