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своеволен — meaning in English

svoevolen

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English meaning

  • arbitrary adj Based on personal choice or chance rather than any clear reason, rule, or system.
  • headstrong adj Stubbornly determined to do things one's own way, ignoring advice or objections.
  • recalcitrant adjective Stubbornly refusing to obey authority, follow rules or cooperate, even under pressure.

Senses

своеволен is used for these senses in English:

  • arbitrary (usually, of a decision) Based on individual discretion or judgment; not based on any objective distinction, perhaps even made at random.
  • headstrong Determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want.
  • recalcitrant Marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey authority.

arbitrary — full definition

  1. adj Based on personal choice or chance rather than any clear reason, rule, or system.
  2. adj Used, in mathematics and logic, to mean "any one you like" out of all the possibilities — not random in the everyday sense, but unspecified.

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