spontaneity
noun
spon·ta·ne·i·ty
ˌspän-tə-ˈnē-ə-tē 
-ˈnā-
-ˈnā-
1
: the quality or state of being spontaneous
2
: voluntary or undetermined action or movement
also
: its source
Examples of spontaneity in a Sentence
the spontaneity of their behavior
the couple sacrificed some of the spontaneity in their lives when they both got nine-to-five jobs
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Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
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However organized Smith’s images might appear to be in their composition and symmetry, spontaneity was essential and his work was very much like improv, his wife said.
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Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
All that boring possession football, all that passing across the back — no risk, no creativity, no spontaneity, just 22 robots passing it back and forth.
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
New York — Pierre-Auguste Renoir was one of the leaders of the Impressionist school of painting, established in 1874 by a group of French artists, whose loose brushwork and brightly colored paints created a sense of spontaneity and modernity.
—Jane Levere, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
However organized Smith’s images might appear to be in their composition and symmetry, spontaneity was essential and his work was very much like improv, his wife said.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for spontaneity
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“Spontaneity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spontaneity. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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