Meanings
plural spontaneities
- uncountableThe quality of being spontaneous.
In any case, they are not very big on spontaneity. They sit on him for a few minutes before they decide what to do next.
1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 4001 more example
The unpredictability of Gemini was then contrasted with examples of human spontaneity, like the splatter technique of Jackson Pollock.
2025 January 30, Tessa Solomon, “AI Art Lacking ‘Human Expression’ Cannot Be Copyrighted, US Officials Say”, in ARTnewsSynonyms: abruptness
- countableSpontaneous behaviour.
Romney Leigh, who lives by diagrams, / And crosses out the spontaneities / Of all his individual, personal life / With formal universals.
1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Third Book”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1857, →OCLC - countableuncountablebiologyThe tendency to undergo change, characteristic of both animal and vegetable organisms, and not restrained or checked by the environment.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe quality of being spontaneous.
antonym(s) of “quality of being spontaneous”
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe quality of being spontaneous and coming from natural feelings without constraint
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinspontaneus“voluntary”
- Englishspontaneity
From Latin spontaneus (“voluntary”). By surface analysis, spont(aneous) + -aneity. Compare French spontanéité.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian спонта́нност
- спонта́нност (spontánnost)spontaneous behaviour
Catalan espontaneïtat
- espontaneïtatthe quality of being spontaneous
Chinese Mandarin 自發性 /自发性
- 自發性 /自发性 (zìfāxìng)the quality of being spontaneous
Czech spontánnost, spontánnost
- spontánnostthe quality of being spontaneous
- spontánnostspontaneous behaviour
Danish spontanitet
- spontanitetthe quality of being spontaneous
Esperanto spontaneco
- spontanecothe quality of being spontaneous
Finnish spontaanisuus
- spontaanisuusthe quality of being spontaneous
French spontanéité
- spontanéitéthe quality of being spontaneous
German Spontaneität, Spontanität
- Spontaneitätthe quality of being spontaneous
- Spontanitätthe quality of being spontaneous
- Launespontaneous behaviour
Greek αυθορμητισμός, αυθορμητισμός
- αυθορμητισμός (afthormitismós)the quality of being spontaneous
- αυθορμητισμός (afthormitismós)spontaneous behaviour
Hindi सहजता, सहजता
- सहजता (sahajtā)the quality of being spontaneous
- सहजता (sahajtā)spontaneous behaviour
Hungarian spontaneitás
- spontaneitásspontaneous behaviour
Italian spontaneità
- spontaneitàthe quality of being spontaneous
Japanese 自発性
- 自発性 (jihatsusei)the quality of being spontaneous
Korean 자발성
- 자발성 (jabalseong)the quality of being spontaneous
Latin spontāneitās
- spontāneitāsthe quality of being spontaneous
Norwegian Bokmål spontanitet
- spontanitetthe quality of being spontaneous
Polish spontaniczność
- spontanicznośćthe quality of being spontaneous
Portuguese espontaneidade
- espontaneidadethe quality of being spontaneous
Romanian spontaneitate
- spontaneitatethe quality of being spontaneous
Russian спонта́нность, спонта́нность
- спонта́нность (spontánnostʹ)the quality of being spontaneous
- спонта́нность (spontánnostʹ)spontaneous behaviour
Spanish espontaneidad
- espontaneidadthe quality of being spontaneous
Swedish spontanitet
- spontanitetthe quality of being spontaneous
Cite this entry
spontaneity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spontaneity
“spontaneity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spontaneity. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spontaneity,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spontaneity.
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