fickleness

noun

Definition of ficklenessnext
as in volatility

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Recent Examples of fickleness That was the quote of the season from the Sox and a great observation on the fickleness of sports fans in general. — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2026 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
  • Amid rising French sovereign debt pressures and inflation remaining above target, such continuity could reduce market anxieties over abrupt policy shifts while mitigating potential volatility across European bond markets.
    — , CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Crypto is an inherently risky investment, due in part to its volatility and a general lack of regulatory oversight.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of volatility
Noun
  • Marvel movies link this narrative contingency to formal arbitrariness.
    — Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • 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
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
  • Many mathematical geniuses have been as celebrated for their eccentricity as for their work.
    — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Content creators have angled to become the food critics of the short-form video era, each with their own schtick or eccentricities.
    — Mia Sato, The Verge, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of eccentricity
Noun
  • Previously, Wagner has pushed to release state voter information to the Justice Department, citing voter irregularity claims.
    — Senior Editor, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The challenge is that chips are carved in the miniature realm where matter itself has the irregularity of wood grain.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of irregularity
Noun
  • Another way to describe this situation is as a lack of plasticity or changeability in the brain.
    — Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of changeability
Noun
  • Google’s testing team published its flaky test numbers in 2016, showing that almost 16% of its tests exhibited some flakiness, with new flaky tests appearing at roughly the same rate existing ones were being fixed.
    — Mudit Singh, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Many commented that this crust was the closest to homemade, specifically calling out the crisp flakiness and buttery taste.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of flakiness

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“Fickleness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fickleness. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

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