arbitrary standard
Example Sentences
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His hair was good because it was his hair; it was a Black man’s hair, and its worth didn’t rest on some arbitrary standard dictated by people who didn’t value him.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2022
It was as if the landscape itself had dysmorphia, altering its physical appearance to fit an arbitrary standard that undermined its primary function.
From The Guardian • Jan. 31, 2020
Fashion in this context was not about looking au courant or attractive by some arbitrary standard.
From Washington Post • Jan. 3, 2019
A day, therefore, is not and cannot be some arbitrary standard.
From Slate • Jun. 10, 2015
They are put under a conventional understanding, different from the everyday usages with their ethics, and are judged by an arbitrary standard.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham
