erraticism

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noun

erratic behaviour

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Meanings

nounerraticism (countable and uncountable, plural erraticisms)

plural erraticisms

  1. countableuncountableerratic behaviour

    The irony I spoke of above has to do with Young's growing conservatism, which seems to have served as an umbrella of sorts for both his puritanism and his continuing erraticism.

    1988 August 26, Bill Wyman, “Young the restless”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2016

Origin

From erratic + -ism.

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APA

erraticism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/erraticism

MLA

“erraticism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/erraticism. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “erraticism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/erraticism.

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