impulsivenessn.
/ɪmˈpʌlsɪvnɪs/ The quality of being impulsive in feeling or action.
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the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [noun] > unplanned quality or action
impulsion1532
autoschediastic1641
impulsiveness1659
extemporariness1671
impulse1763
extemporaneousness1764
unpremeditatedness1769
undesignednessa1774
unpremeditation1807
undeliberateness1817
spontaneity1826
improvisation1833
fortuity1860
impulsivity1891
the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > impetuosity > [noun]
impetuousnessc1425
wrath1490
impetuosity1639
fougue1660
hot-headedness1673
unevenness1706
impulsiveness1863
1659 D. Pell Πελαγος To Rdr. sig. d4v A strong, and an unwithstanding impulsiveness that lay..upon my heart and spirit, till I went about it.
1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. Proem 12 Crude passions acted out with childish impulsiveness.
1884 W. J. Courthope Addison v. 97 That impulsiveness of feeling..made him [Steele] the most powerful and persuasive advocate of Virtue in fiction.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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