fickleness

noun

Definition of ficklenessnext
as in volatility

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Recent Examples of fickleness Early also has a larger target in view, the fickleness of internet celebrity, a lure that often comes with self-harm. — Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026 Harris drove in three runs in the 11-5 win, offering a reminder of baseball’s fickleness. — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 1 May 2026 Newsom explains his fickleness differently. — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026 The fickleness of decisions relieved some and cursed others. — Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 23 Dec. 2025 That almost feline fickleness mostly has to do with the structure of the comet itself, which can change over time. — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025 For chasers like Olbinski, the monsoon’s fickleness is both a frustration and a thrill. — Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fickleness
  1. volatility
  2. arbitrariness
  3. inconstancy
  4. eccentricity
  5. irregularity
  6. changeability
  7. flakiness
Noun
  • Alan Greenspan’s passing is useful not as the subject of my column, but as a marker of an era when many professionals believed large institutions could absorb volatility on their behalf.
    — Henrik Totterman, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
  • Between flights and investor meetings, the executive carves out time to explain economic swings, market volatility, and tech trends, all while touting Blackstone’s global reach.
    — Rachel Ventresca, Fortune, 5 July 2026
Definition of volatility
Noun
  • During the pandemic, Lowe, the father of two boys, wrestled with establishing safety measures at Benjamin, and he was struck by the arbitrariness of many health protocols.
    — Eliza Griswold, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • To live in greater Los Angeles is to embrace the arbitrariness of it all.
    — Meghan Daum, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
Definition of arbitrariness
Noun
  • Scientific and engineering advances don't do well in the face of such wild swings and inconstancy.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Europeans, awakened to the danger of American inconstancy, are scrambling to spend trillions more on defense in coming years.
    — Adam Rasmi, Time, 20 June 2025
Definition of inconstancy
Noun
  • But unlike the best of Ferrell’s earlier roles, Hawkins’s eccentricities feel like surface-level strangeness, connected to nothing surprising or soulful underneath.
    — Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 16 July 2026
  • Lawyers statewide choose the sole at-large member, making Kansas the only state where attorneys hold a majority of seats on the nominating commission — an eccentricity that Kobach and conservative lawmakers have emphasized.
    — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026
Definition of eccentricity
Noun
  • Tam said Odora’s spadix was a developmental irregularity, but emphasized the plant remains healthy.
    — Emily Tarinelli, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
  • Their irregularity, far from being a flaw, became creative inspiration.
    — Selene Oliva, Glamour, 13 July 2026
Definition of irregularity
Noun
  • More specifically, genres, whether spoken or written, reflect the changeability of their formal characteristics in connection to changes in the situation and the actions relevant to these genres.
    — Tham Thi Nguyen, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
  • Dripping glitter, shimmering adhesive crystals, dramatic slashes of eyeliner and smudges of eyeshadow—there was a playful, shifting experimentalism here, to signal the young characters’ changeability and ingenuity.
    — Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026
Definition of changeability
Noun
  • The nutrient-rich formula features willow bark extract that is powerful enough to prevent flakiness and is effective at preventing inflammation.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
  • Use a primer with ingredients like hyaluronic acid and ceramides to keep dry skin or flakiness at bay.
    — Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 3 July 2026
Definition of flakiness

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