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παρορμητικός — meaning in English

parormitikos

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English meaning

  • arbitrary adj Based on personal choice or chance rather than any clear reason, rule, or system.
  • spontaneous adj Happening or done without planning, on impulse.

Senses

παρορμητικός is used for these senses in English:

  • arbitrary Determined by impulse rather than reason; often connoting heavy-handedness.
  • spontaneous Arising from a momentary impulse.

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.

spontaneous — full definition

  1. adj Happening or done without planning, on impulse.
  2. adj Occurring naturally, without external cause or human intervention.
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