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| type | a |
| lex_filenum | 00 |
| def | based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice |
| examples | an arbitrary decision the arbitrary rule of a dictator an arbitrary penalty of arbitrary size and shape an arbitrary choice arbitrary division of the group into halves |
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| Derivationally related form | arbitrary → arbitrariness |
| Antonym | arbitrary → nonarbitrary |
| Similar to | absolute; capricious, impulsive, whimsical; discretionary, discretional |
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| Similar to | absolute; capricious, impulsive, whimsical; discretionary, discretional |
| Antonym | nonarbitrary → arbitrary |
| Derivationally related form | arbitrariness → arbitrary |
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