as in impulsiveness
an inclination to sudden illogical changes of mind, ideas, or actions
though some mistook his freakishness for mental illness, it was just a quirk of his personality and nothing more
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impulsiveness
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Some viewers find her impulsiveness more irritating than endearing.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025 -
Farrell’s Sonny Crockett is a brooding, messy, temperamental cop whose impulsiveness and (ahem) intensity is balanced by his mopey vulnerability.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Freakishness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freakishness. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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