αυθαίρετος — meaning in English

English meaning

• arbitrary adj Based on personal choice or chance rather than any clear reason, rule, or system.
• unauthorized adj Done without official permission.

Senses

αυθαίρετος 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.
• arbitrary Determined by impulse rather than reason; often connoting heavy-handedness.

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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