How do you use the word "arbitrariness" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "arbitrariness": Arbitrariness is the enemy of freedom.

Arbitrariness Meaning

/ˈɑrbəˌtrɛrinəs/

Definition, CEFR level C2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounThe quality or state of being arbitrary; the extent to which something is arbitrary.

Sentence Examples

Arbitrariness is the enemy of freedom.

CEFR Practice Quiz

The ____ of the grading system frustrated students who saw no logic in the scores.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The ____ of the decision was criticized by many people in the group.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Latin arbiter Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -ārius Latin arbitrāriusder. Middle English arbitrarie English arbitrary Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English arbitrariness From arbitrary + -ness.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Passion, providence, and imitation are conventionally the respective ruling forces of these three processes. Yet to take them at face value, as an innocent reading of the poem might advise, would be to betray Garcilaso’s own efforts, in this sonnet and elsewhere, to expose the arbitrariness of grandiose idealist concepts such as Platonic love and providential history." — 1998 spring, José María Rodríguez García, “Epos delendum est: The Subject of Carthage in Garcilaso’s ‘A Boscán desde “La Goleta”’”, in Hispanic Review, volume 66, number 2, Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania Press, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 166:

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