noun
Meaning 1
The quality of being spontaneous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
spontaneity
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noun
Meaning 2
Spontaneous behaviour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Meaning 3
The tendency to undergo change, characteristic of both animal and vegetable organisms, and not restrained or checked by the environment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
The tendency to activity of muscular tissue, including the voluntary muscles, when in a state of healthful vigour and refreshment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 5
the quality of being spontaneous and coming from natural feelings without constraint
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the spontaneity of his laughter
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spontaneousness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: naturalness
History
Etymology
From Latin spontaneus (“voluntary”). By surface analysis, spont(aneous) + -aneity. Compare French spontanéité.
Across languages
Translations
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Asturian: espontaneidá — the quality of being spontaneous
- Catalan: espontaneïtat — the quality of being spontaneous
- Chinese Mandarin: 自發性 /自发性 (zìfāxìng) — the quality of being spontaneous
- Czech: spontánnost — the quality of being spontaneous
- Danish: spontanitet — the quality of being spontaneous
- Esperanto: spontaneco — the quality of being spontaneous
- Finnish: spontaanisuus — the quality of being spontaneous
- French: spontanéité — the quality of being spontaneous
- Galician: espontaneidade — the quality of being spontaneous
- German: Spontaneität — the quality of being spontaneous
- German: Spontanität — the quality of being spontaneous
- Greek: αυθορμητισμός (afthormitismós) — the quality of being spontaneous
- Ido: spontaneso — the quality of being spontaneous
- Italian: spontaneità — the quality of being spontaneous
- Japanese: 自発性 (jihatsusei) — the quality of being spontaneous
- Korean: 자발성 (jabalseong) — the quality of being spontaneous
- Latin: spontāneitās — the quality of being spontaneous
- Norwegian Bokmål: spontanitet — the quality of being spontaneous
- Norwegian Nynorsk: spontanitet — the quality of being spontaneous
- Polish: spontaniczność — the quality of being spontaneous
- Portuguese: espontaneidade — the quality of being spontaneous
- Romanian: spontaneitate — the quality of being spontaneous
- Russian: спонта́нность (spontánnostʹ) — the quality of being spontaneous
- Serbo-Croatian: spȍntānōst — the quality of being spontaneous
- Serbo-Croatian: спо̏нта̄но̄ст — the quality of being spontaneous
- Spanish: espontaneidad — the quality of being spontaneous
- Swedish: spontanitet — the quality of being spontaneous
- Volapük: libavil — the quality of being spontaneous
- Bulgarian: спонта́нност (spontánnost) — spontaneous behaviour
- Czech: spontánnost — spontaneous behaviour
- German: Laune — spontaneous behaviour
- Greek: αυθορμητισμός (afthormitismós) — spontaneous behaviour
- Hungarian: spontaneitás — spontaneous behaviour
- Russian: спонта́нность (spontánnostʹ) — spontaneous behaviour
- Serbo-Croatian: spȍntānōst — spontaneous behaviour
- Serbo-Croatian: спо̏нта̄но̄ст — spontaneous behaviour
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