arbitrariness
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Many of the forty people awaiting execution at the federal facility in Terre Haute, Indiana, are there because of arbitrariness, discrimination, or official misconduct in the death penalty system.
From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2024
As a student at the University of Chicago, he became fascinated with the ways her work “gave you a view of the arbitrariness of cultural mores, cultural systems.”
From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2024
“At best, there’s an arbitrariness to the programs, and at worst, there’s no quality assurance.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2024
Human beings are strange, though we often don’t like to admit to the arbitrariness of many of our conventions or the contradictions inherent in our behaviors.
From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2023
Initially, one of the most puzzling features of animal domestication is the seeming arbitrariness with which some species have been domesticated while their close relatives have not.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing arbitrariness
Just Mercy
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